More fun with ethics: Maxim apologizes for Black Crowes review

I think this is journalism-related. Move it if you wish:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080226/ap_en_ot/music_black_crowes_maxim

The gist: Reviewer trashes new album. New album, apparently, had not even been sent out yet. Magazine admits that reviewer didn't listen to the entire album.

 

Big deal. I review books from scanning the dust jacket.

 

I review movies by viewing the trailers.

 

I write gamers just watching the first two minutes

 

I judge threads if they're dbs within seconds

 

I judge whether threads are worth reading in the first two posts.

 

Marty DiBergi: "The review for 'Shark Sandwich' was merely a two word review which simply read 'Shit Sandwich.'

 

"You can't print that!"

 

Marty: Let's talk about your reviews a little bit...regarding 'Intravenus de Milo': "This tasteless cover is a good indication of the lack of musical invention within. The musical growth rate of this band cannot even be charted. They are treading water in a sea of retarded sexuality and bad poetry."

Nigel: That's, that's nit picking, isn't it?

 

Just FYI, Crowes lead singer Chris Robinson's solo album This Magnificent Distance is very, very good. It came out a few years ago and I still listen to it all the time.

 

Yeah, he's got some major-league pipes, doesn't he?

 

That's not fair. Ace always fucks that up.