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Movies and TV Shows@lemmy.filmEnglish · 1 year ago

IGN | Rotten Tomatoes Under Fire After PR Firm's Scheme to Pay Critics for Positive Reviews Uncovered

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IGN | Rotten Tomatoes Under Fire After PR Firm's Scheme to Pay Critics for Positive Reviews Uncovered

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Movies and TV Shows@lemmy.filmEnglish · 1 year ago

Rotten Tomatoes Under Fire After PR Firm's Scheme to Pay Critics for Positive Reviews Uncovered - IGN

A new report details how a PR firm paid off critics to post positive reviews of 2018 drama Ophelia on Rotten Tomatoes, prompting scrutiny over the reviews aggregator.

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Oh, people still pay attention to review scores? 🤣
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  Of course they do, what a silly assumption.
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    As silly as applying review scores to art? Take a moment to really think about how dumb that is.

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