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- Variety's expose revealed the involvement of a PR firm named Bunker 15, which not only manipulated the Rotten Tomatoes system, but also paid reviewers for positive reviews. Their target was smaller, lesser-known critics, offering $50 or more, violating Rotten Tomatoes' policies.
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Sep 6, 2023 · Vulture has published an article revealing that, for at least the past five years, Rotten Tomatoes has been hacked and manipulated by a PR firm that has actually paid obscure, low-level...
Sep 7, 2023 · Bunker 15, a film PR company, has been accused of attempting to boost the Rotten Tomatoes score of the movie Ophelia. Rotten Tomatoes noticed the manipulation and removed the suspicious reviews, sending a strong warning to the reviewers involved.
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Sep 6, 2023 · As noted via Vulture, it looks like a PR firm has manipulated movie scores on Rotten Tomatoes by paying the critics directly. This has been happening for years. The PR firm, named Bunker 15,...
- Jacob Dressler
Sep 7, 2023 · According to an extensive new report by Vulture, a PR firm called Bunker 15 “manipulated” the Rotten Tomatoes score of a project it took on by paying critics for positive reviews and burying...
- Daisy Phillipson
- Senior TV & Movies Writer
Sep 8, 2023 · A new report from New York Magazine suggests that Rotten Tomatoes scores can be easily manipulated, alleging specifically that a public relations firm, Bunker 15, has paid low-level, often...
Sep 7, 2023 · After initial reviews came in, resulting in a disappointing 46% rating on Rotten Tomatoes (a movie is deemed “rotten” if falling short of a 60% rating), Vulture reports that Bunker 15 started...
Sep 8, 2023 · In a damning piece by Vulture journalists Lane Brown and Luke Winkie, it was revealed that review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes has been compromised by a US-based PR firm that pays writers to submit more positive, sales-friendly film reviews.
