Translation question clarification; sometimes "hack piece"

[Timothy D. Sergay]

Possibly "hack piece" will help in some contexts, since "hack" really does 
have the sense "working for hire especially with mediocre professional 
standards." The problem is that both "hack" and "puff" pieces may be written 
by partisan journalists "ot dushi," that is, NOT because they've been hired 
under the table by interested parties, but because they honestly wish to 
promote a given agenda or ideology. In other words, "hack" isn't as stable 
and exclusive with respect to the sense "for hire."

TIm Sergay

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