Comments on: Interview with Annie Zaidi https://blog.blogadda.com/2012/02/16/annie-zaidi-blogger-author-interview Largest Community of Indian Bloggers Fri, 22 Nov 2019 05:10:43 +0000 hourly 1 By: Katie Nathan https://blog.blogadda.com/2012/02/16/annie-zaidi-blogger-author-interview#comment-671347 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 07:59:36 +0000 http://blog.blogadda.com/?p=15833#comment-671347 Exactly, well said. Any influence on the reviewer by the paper/channel is stage managed and is far from realty and as you rightly said, should be construed as corruption. Thanks for taking the time to reply. Enjoyed reading your straight talk.

Best
Katie

]]> By: Annie Zaidi https://blog.blogadda.com/2012/02/16/annie-zaidi-blogger-author-interview#comment-671314 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 07:05:15 +0000 http://blog.blogadda.com/?p=15833#comment-671314 Katie: No, no comparison at all. Paid news is paid for. A review is a critique. It could be positive or negative. A near comparison would be the edit pages of a newspaper. Those are opinions too. And it is in the interests of the reader as well as the paper/mag to allow different shades of opinion. Which is why readers too are allowed space on the edit page. Similarly, that is why many magazines pick reviewers who are not on the staff. Books are (ideally) sent to someone who is likely to read the book insightfully, and does not know the writer too well.
This is not always true of film critics, of course. Esp in India, where critics seem to have clear favourites and many have filming ambitions themselves. In a business where networking is all, many end up biting their tongues. But even so, there is a difference between a kind reviewer and one who accepts money for a review. However, matters are complicated in a new media climate where the paper/channel itself becomes a partner or accepts money from filmmakers, and therefore does not allow a reviewer to write a negative review. THAT goes beyond camouflage. I consider that corruption.

]]> By: Katie Nathan https://blog.blogadda.com/2012/02/16/annie-zaidi-blogger-author-interview#comment-670535 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:21:44 +0000 http://blog.blogadda.com/?p=15833#comment-670535 I have one question to ask – Where do you draw the line between paid news and reviews? As you know reviews and recommendations are more or less the view of the concerned reviewer. Is it not easy to camouflage paid news as reviews and get away with it? Your views please.

]]> By: Lubna https://blog.blogadda.com/2012/02/16/annie-zaidi-blogger-author-interview#comment-669567 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:30:52 +0000 http://blog.blogadda.com/?p=15833#comment-669567 Nice interview. I do like most of her suggestions on curbing corruption, these are practical and can be implemented.

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