Pressure from advertisers

[Outtathaway!]

A few months ago there was a giant controversy in the press about websites getting paid by their advertisers to write good reviews. This really "enlightened" the dark side of journalism for me. I saw that the '59 Sound got a 92 percent from a staff member and an Underoath contest has what basically is a box quote in the summary. So basically...

-How do I know that AP.net isn't getting paid by their advertisers to write good reviews, or
-How do I know that AP.net isn't giving good reviews to advertisers just to keep their ads up.

I feel like such a prick asking this, but this is what determines a trusted source from a bad one. Thanks for your time.


-Sam

[Tristan Needler]

None of the reviewers on the website get paid, so none would give a shit what advertisers want. It has no effect whatsoever on their reviews.

Jason (the only staffer who makes money from this site) doesn't write official reviews anymore and I believe that people accusing him of this was a large part of the reason why. He didn't want to deal with being accused of that shit anymore.

[Outtathaway!]

Thanks a lot for clearing that up :]