> Comes under that old saying ... if you don't have
anything good to say
don't
> say anything. Since she's not being paid to review
anything and it's just
a
> hobby of hers there is no obligation for her to post
negative reviews. Now
> if The Washington Post's Book World was doing the
same thing then
somethings
> wrong. But lying by omission? Please
If a review is the same as criticism, and Harriet refuses to
review a book she doesn't like, then it's not criticism, it's
a blurb. Which is fine with me, but let's not confuse the
two. A blurb and a review are about as different in origin as
two things can be.
Brad
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