Great article. I share your concern that regardless of platform, independent or corporate, reviewers will attempt to cater to their target audience. That's fine to a degree; every business in the world should work to appease their specific market. However, it becomes problematic when those concerns dictate scores (and in effect, sales), and I have no doubt that you're correct that this happens more than we probably realize (though not to the degree suggested by hyper-conspiracy theori...
Great article. I share your concern that regardless of platform, independent or corporate, reviewers will attempt to cater to their target audience. That's fine to a degree; every business in the world should work to appease their specific market. However, it becomes problematic when those concerns dictate scores (and in effect, sales), and I have no doubt that you're correct that this happens more than we probably realize (though not to the degree suggested by hyper-conspiracy theori...