Saaaayyyy WHAT?!???!?
You're saying that, if someone is touting a school, it doesn't matter knowing that the person doing the touting is also a manager at that very school and has a direct interest in getting people to come work there? It might not in any way make you question the veracity and objectivity of the opinions being expressed?

Could I interest you in a bargain on a famous bridge in Brooklyn?

As for the "popular" part, I was laying on the irony so thick I needed a trowel. He was in fact roundly loathed by all concerned, and damn lucky to have gotten out of there alive. ;-{)
But I can understand you not seeing that...