not that it's worthwhile to drag this out but i rather presumed the term referred to the person's normal role in the real world a public relations professional is a kind of paid advocate but whether they advocate here is a separate issue though in some countries there is a different marketing culture where public relations professionals are seen as consensus builders between companies and their respective publics rather than advocates i prefer to just use normal business language like marketing rather than wikipedia jargon but if you insist on labeling me as a paid editor i think i will start referring to others as free editors since working for free is actually the more unusual between the two snicker talk