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Is this much different than audio reviewers?

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In Reply to: Roger Ebert defends himslef against being accused as soft on movies... posted by RGA on January 4, 2006 at 19:35:14:

I think they would (and probably for their success, should) all play it safe so as not to offend too many directors/writers/manufacturers/consumers.... If he gave Star Wars a 1 star rating he would lose a following with some. 3 is safe, no? Take every (including professional) review with a grain of salt and trust your own ears and likings most.

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Re: Is this much different than audio reviewers? - RGA 13:05:19 01/05/06 (2)
Actually I think Audio magazines are very different because they take advertising money -- conflict of interest (some movie reviewers do as well) but generally that is not the case. Where it gets dicey with magazine audio reviews is when a reviewer absolutely BLASTS a speaker like a TAS reviewer did with the Wilson Watt is that the magazin editor never published it and instead hired a lacky to say great stuff about it. I don;t have a problem with the magazine getting a second opinion -- they should have published both.
UHF magazine reamed a few products from Arcam and Bryston -- have not seen them get sent another product since. Yet Linn has taken some on the chin from UHF but they still send products.
Ebert has given less than 2 stars to hugely popular films and OR critically acclaimed films like Splash, Priest, The Usual Suspects
Complete list of zero to *1/2 star films
- http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/classifieds?category=search1 (Open in New Window)
- Help me here... - mkuller 15:00:56 01/05/06 (1)
  > Actually I think Audio magazines are very different because they take advertising money -- conflict of interest>
  Ebert and Roeper appear on ABC TV and have advertisers, don't they? Sometimes there are ads for movies.
  And let's see - ABC is owned by Disney and Disney makes movies. See any conflict or conspiracies here?
  - Re: Help me here... - RGA 18:11:16 01/05/06 (0)
    Actually point well taken -- Ebert and Roeper often advertise DVD's.
    The difference is though that they give thumbs down to Disney Films and some of the DVD's they're holding up. Why doesn;t Steroephile say The paradigm 100V3 is 30% more money than the old one has less bass and is more coloured -- anyone who is not tone deaf can hear it. Nah we get 3,000 words with a few read between the lines comments that may or may not be what there viewer really wants to say. It also helps that Roger Ebert was considered the best of the field when his show started out and that he is already a Multi-Millionaire from his books -- harder to buy off the rich.
    Me -- I am way easier to buy off -- Please someone buy me off.

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