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this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2026
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By companies that buy reviews. Not journalism.
You think a free to read website is going out and buying $200,000 (and up) cars every day for a 2 week review?
Even at the height of automotive print journalism there wasn’t budget for that.
Ferrari is famous for cutting access to critical journalists. Most companies expect a blend of positive and negative reviews and lend cars to any credible outlet. American automotive media has typically been pretty bad about the PR regurgitation, but that’s a choice they’re making - hiring people to read the PR, not to write their own.
That definitely happens some of the time, in some places. Journalism still exists, however.
Product reviews require more than a 'test drive'.
Oh bless your heart.
Ah yes, we all thought 'Journalism' was a real thing, but alas, Capitalism/corruption has taken over all mainstream 'journalism', and 'truth' is who pays the most.. ..pretty sad..