http://wordconstructions.com.au/blog/2007/10/dilemas/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:10:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://wordconstructions.com.au/blog/2007/10/dilemas/#comment-193 tashword Tue, 09 Oct 2007 01:22:53 +0000 http://wordconstructions.com.au/blog/2007/10/dilemas/#comment-193 Thanks Katherine - I love the way you explained a reviewer's role :) Thanks Katherine - I love the way you explained a reviewer’s role

]]> http://wordconstructions.com.au/blog/2007/10/dilemas/#comment-192 Katherine Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:45:29 +0000 http://wordconstructions.com.au/blog/2007/10/dilemas/#comment-192 I used to review records for a music magazine, it feels like years ago now. I had the same honesty policy that you refer to here. There's no point in being nice to make everyone happy, you've got to be honest about what you really thought, while still leaving room for the listeners, or readers, out there to make their own decisions. A reviewers job, i think, is to make everything easier for the audience. There are millions of songs and books out there and it's difficult to decide what's for you. A reviewer helps make that decision, not make it for you. I used to review records for a music magazine, it feels like years ago now. I had the same honesty policy that you refer to here.
There’s no point in being nice to make everyone happy, you’ve got to be honest about what you really thought, while still leaving room for the listeners, or readers, out there to make their own decisions.
A reviewers job, i think, is to make everything easier for the audience. There are millions of songs and books out there and it’s difficult to decide what’s for you. A reviewer helps make that decision, not make it for you.

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