The point I’m trying to make is that regardless of what you and I think of his morals and ethics, he did not have “a professional responsibility” to not mislead the public or indeed do or not do anything.
He is not a member of a profession. He has no professional obligations.
He is a political mouthpiece. Everything he says is and should be considered propaganda pure and simple.
Decry him for being prepared to promote lies by all means. That makes him a terrible human being but not ‘unprofessional’.
That may seem pedantic but every time someone tries to apply professional standards to people who don’t have them, it undermines the whole point of professionalism which is that people are reasonably confident that they can expect and will actually get certain minimum standards of skill and ethical behaviour.
Since being in a profession costs me significant amounts each year, I’m keen to hang on to any benefit it might grant!
