I read this review about reviewers

well well another complete devolution of a thread on a-gon

a few reactions

-- the writer is not a good writer... reading his article, i would want to edit it too
-- the writer is not business savvy, as others have mentioned, there is a plethora of media channels now, he is unable to figure out how to make a living despite this... well too bad
-- good reviews for some form of compensation, usually indirect, has been the norm in this and many others industries for many many years -- you think stereophile or TAS does reviews out of their sense of charity? no ad buy, no review, cut n dry
-- guy like john darko goes out and buys stuff then reviews it, good or bad, but he has figured out - how to get eyeballs and get his bills paid
-- the PR firm in there is doing what they do, work on their client’s behalf and justify their own fees... so the reviewer gets squeezed... no surprise... dog eat dog world out there