Gerald Undone vs Panasonic controversy

As you all know Influencers get early access from companies. The question is how this influences the honesty of their reviews. Gerald Undone shared his “bad” experience with Panasonic. He complains the marketing team wasn’t happy with his S5 review and therefore was cut out from the announcement loop. But at the same time he says Panasonic told him the S9 was not a kind of camera he would like to review…so Panasonic actually came back to him and this is what makes the story a bit unclear to me.

Sean Robinson answered “indirectly” to Gerald in this video:

And also Chris and Jordan from Dpreview shared their opinion:

CineD also gave a very honest feedback:

What are your thoughts on this?