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August 7, 2021 at 5:42 pm #1669007

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Editors are subject to pressure by advertisers and others.

I used to work in publishing long ago (late 1980’s) and although it was only a computer games magazine I found that my reviews were often modified by the editor.

I had reviewed the game honestly, but because the company that created it had a big advertising deal with the magazine that month… the review was made more favourable.

For that reason I’m always wary of reviews of product, whatever it may be and whoever it may be by, if the reviewer has advertising by the company at the time. I’m not suggesting the reviewers outright lie, but they may make a product sound better than it is.