{"id":12,"date":"2007-07-26T15:36:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-26T05:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2007\/07\/26\/the-pressure-facing-professional-reviewers\/"},"modified":"2007-07-26T16:01:37","modified_gmt":"2007-07-26T06:01:37","slug":"the-pressure-facing-professional-reviewers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2007\/07\/26\/the-pressure-facing-professional-reviewers\/","title":{"rendered":"The pressures facing Professional Reviewers"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s not an easy life for reviewers, obviously. Ben Peek<\/a> recounts a tale on his lj that is either amusing or depressing, depending on your point-of-view. In brief, he was commissioned to write a review of the new Australian doco Words From the City<\/em>, but the editors didn’t like his slant and wouldn’t publish. Check out his review<\/a> and his account of the “incident”.<\/p>\n

I’m not offering any comment on Ben’s review here, as I haven’t seen the film, but the whole thing provides an interesting comment on the possibility of enforced bias in some published reviewing.<\/p>\n

I notice that Words From the City<\/em> has been gaining a lot of praise. In the latest issue of Madman’s Directors Suite Newsletter, it is noted that the Brisbane International Film Festival is screening Words From the City<\/em><\/p>\n

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… which has the glorious honour of being the only film accepted into all Australian film festivals this year, and has already garnered a nomination for Best Documentary in this year\u2019s AFI Awards.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Sort of suggests why a magazine might be reluctant to publish a negative review, but it surely isn’t an excuse for such bias.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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