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    S.T. VanAirsdale, senior editor of the entertainment-industry-skewering blog Defamer, framed the debate around the "Ben Lyons Hate Storm" in more direct terms. "It's a pretty microcosmic phenomenon, when you look at who hates him ... But for people who take film criticism seriously, he's an imposition. If he's established himself as the benchmark for where popular criticism is headed, we're all kind of (in trouble)." Regime change has always been hard for fans of the show, many of whom began watching in the mid-1970s when it was hosted by Siskel and Ebert and known as "Sneak Previews." Full Article at SouthCoastToday.com
    It's a pretty microcosmic phenomenon, when you look at who hates him ... But for people who take film criticism seriously, he's an imposition. If he's established himself as the benchmark for where popular criticism is headed, we're all kind of (in trouble).
    SOURCE: SouthCoastToday.com 10 months ago