{"id":84069,"date":"2023-09-07T10:20:52","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T17:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=84069"},"modified":"2023-09-07T10:20:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T17:20:52","slug":"rotten-tomatoes-is-accused-of-receiving-payments-to-give-good-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/rotten-tomatoes-is-accused-of-receiving-payments-to-give-good-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Rotten Tomatoes is accused of receiving payments to give good reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, movie and series aggregator “Rotten Tomatoes,”<\/strong><\/em> has been under fire<\/strong> across the Internet because the website has been influenced by a corrupt method in which they could be getting paid for producing good reviews.<\/strong> The accusations come after it was affirmed that reviews for the Daisy Ridley drama Ophel <\/strong>went from being Rotten (which means it obtained a low rating) to being labeled “fresh,” a sign that it was suddenly a good drama.<\/p>\n

It is no the first time Rotten Tomatoes has been involved in controversies<\/strong>, but this time consequences could be serious for the website as it might lose credibility in its reviews for upcoming projects. This was corroborated by Vulture<\/strong>, which stated that Bunker 15 has been paying self-published critics 50 dollars<\/strong> to create positive reviews or to change<\/strong> their existing “rotten” critiques into “fresh” reviews.<\/p>\n

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The report by Vulture<\/strong> states “While most film-PR companies aim to get the attention of critics from top publications, Bunker 15 takes a more bottom-up approach, recruiting obscure, often self-published critics who are nevertheless part of the pool tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. In another break from standard practice, several critics say, Bunker 15 pays them $50 or more for each review.”<\/em><\/p>\n

This leaves Rotten Tomatoes under quite a suspicious position<\/strong>, since it has had a big say into the movies and series people would prefer to watch or simply avoid. In this sense, the website might just turn into a page with critics that have no validation<\/strong>, so in case the proofs against it are certain that would make readers completely leave Rotten Tomatoes and think twice before taking their word regarding any media product.<\/p>\n

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A PR firm has been manipulating the Rotten Tomato scores of movies for at least five years by paying some \u201ccritics\u201d directly. Truly depressing stuff here by @LaneBrown<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/s0gwMJCfVy<\/a><\/p>\n

— Mike Ryan (@mikeryan) September 6, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/figure>\n \n