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Yes we get it, those are all opinion, it's not a statement of fact when someone says something to the effect "such and such is being bought by such and such."

It's an opinion.

Yeah, it is. He's making a declarative statement, but it's still an opinion.

So what if he's making a declarative statement, it was a statement of fact, not of opinion. Sally goes to the store, Sally buys a candybar, The pharmaceutical industry is buying the medical profession, statement of fact, not of opinion.