# Movie reviews and false advertising

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**Created:** [February 14, 2024, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-reviews-and-false-advertising/997542 "2024-02-14T05:48:40Z")\
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In 2002, [Sony was posting quotes from reviews](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sony-pays-for-fake-reviews/) of its movies by David Manning of The Ridgefield Press. The problem? The Ridgefield Press is or was a real weekly newspaper in Ridgefield, Connecticut but David Manning was not real and the quotes, and reviews, were fictitious.

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