History Main / BiasSteamroller

This may be because they [[PetPeeveTrope hate a particular trope]] or [[CausticCritic just likes hating in general]]. Then again, they may be a fan of the series/franchise/creator who, out of loyalty, never fails to give the most glowing of praise. In any case, the damage to the review is such that it becomes too biased to be useful. (When a reviewer does this, people tend to ignore it, when fans often use it, it becomes a justified use of DontLikeDontRead.)

* [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic Nostalgia Critic-like]] fanfiction critic ''The Fic Critic'' (no, not The Fanfic Critic nor WebVideo/TheFanFictionCritic) has noted that he tends to be biased against fics that [[RonTheDeathEater act meanly towards certain characters or treats them badly]], especially ones he likes. One noteworthy example was when he went from disdainful but amused at the stupidity of ''Web Of Shadows'', a Spider-Man/X-Men Evolution crossover Mary Sue [[spoiler:Parody]] fic, to outright anger and chain swearing after [[CreatorsPet Carlie]] [[MarySue Cooper]] called Mary Jane Watson, who he admitted is one of his favorite Spider-Man supporting characters, a slutty model who dresses like a street walker. His reaction to her calling Mary Jane this is one of the few times he went from snarky to outright pissed, and ended up giving that chapter [[BrokeTheRatingScale a "Fuck/10".]]

In some of the worst cases, the reviewer may fixate on a particular thing they liked or disliked and give the impression that they might actually not have seen the work in question. And there are times where they actually haven't seen much of it.

* {{WebVideo/MarioTehPlumber}} is a {{Troll}}, so naturally his "reviews" of ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' and Creator/{{Nintendo}} games on Website/YouTube are absolutely full of bias. Most infamously, his extreme hatred of anything that he perceives to be even remotely sexual, [[FreudWasRight even if they aren't supposed to be]] (e.g. referring to Sonic's longer quills in his modern design from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' onwards as "{{Hentai}} quills" and accusing anybody who enjoys any ''Sonic'' game with the current design of "liking to [[AssShove shove his quills up their asses]]"). This bias takes priority over the gameplay itself in the "reviews", owing to [=MarioTehPlumber's=] "[[SkewedPriorities Character design > Gameplay]]" beliefs.

-> ''What is the next game about? Well, think of what is the least exciting genre of video games. It is probably the stock market simulation game.''

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''Note: This is not a way to complain about reviews or reviewers you don't like. Furthermore, the examples cannot be PlayedForLaughs or [[PlayedForDrama Drama]].''

* [[WebAnimation/JoCat JoCat]] makes no secret of his love of the Sword and Shield in his Crap Guides to VideoGame/MonsterHunterWorld and TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons, to the point of [[CausticCritic insulting and putting down other weapons/classes just as much as he advises]].

* Yahtzee of ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' doesn't care for anime or anime-themed games, and tends to be pretty harsh on them. He openly admits this and tends to avoid reviewing them in the first place, but some games aren't as obvious and gets through. When they do, he tends to focus on the anime elements, and overlooks some obvious answers or flaws in his arguments. (For example, when reviewing ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'', he jumped to the conclusion that all the characters were teenagers, when the game makes it clear that they are in their early-to-mid 20s, and one of them has just come back from college.)

** He considered movies where young children are apparently unfazed about committing serious acts of violence to be "morally reprehensible." This was a major reason why he was not a fan of the ''Film/HomeAlone'' series, why he only gave ''Film/KickAss'' a one-star review (in contrast to most critics). and why he tore apart ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirlsMovie''.

** Ebert's disdain over Video games, led to a noticable bias against movies based on or inspired by Video Games. When asked about not reviewing ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'', Ebert admitted to the bias (and a writing sabbatical). He added that he was still able to sleep despite not reviewing the movie.

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* Yahtzee of ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' doesn't care for anime or anime-themed games, and tends to be pretty harsh on them. He openly admits this and tends to avoid reviewing them in the first place, but some games aren't as obvious and gets through. When they do, he tends to focus on the anime elements, and overlooks some obvious answers or flaws in his arguments. (for example, when reviewing ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'', he jumped to the conclusion that all the characters were teenagers, when the game makes it clear that they are in their early-to-mid 20s, and one of them has just come back from college)

* LetsPlay/VideoGameDunkey is quite outspoken about not liking [=JRPG's=] due to the anime influences it has, and thus tends to be critical of the genre when he does discuss them. This came to a head with his ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'' review, where he spent most of the video complaining about the genre, with only small parts of his video discussing the game itself. The community itself was not too thrilled at the video.

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* Much like Movieguide.com, Website/CommonSenseMedia downright admits that it has a Bias Steamroller, not trying to pretend it doesn't have one. The organization reviews all sorts of media from a near-{{Moral Guardian|s}} viewpoint, and often rallies against violence in media.

* Parodied by ''WebSite/TheOnion's'' video review series with Peter Rosenthal, who plays a character for each review whose personal biases and experiences, some of which are very odd, are often allowed to completely dominate his opinion of a movie. For his review of ''Film/HomeAlone'' he's a gun fanatic who spends much of the review complaining about Kevin not shooting the burglars, he spends the ''Film/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug'' review comparing it unfavorably to a series of fantasy books he himself wrote, and gives a good review to ''Film/{{Antichrist}}'' for it's relatable depiction of the [[{{Squick}} normal human stages of grief.]]

This may be because they [[PetPeeveTrope hate a particular trope]] or [[CausticCritic just likes hating in general]]. Then again, they may be a fan of the series/franchise/creator who, out of loyalty, never fails to give the most glowing of praise. In any case, the damage to the review is such that it becomes too biased to be useful. (When a reviewer does this, people tend to ignore it, when fans often use it, it becomes a justified use of DontLikeDontRead)

** Ebert's disdain over Video games, led to a noticable bias against movies based on or inspired by Video Games. When asked about not reviewing Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld, Ebert admitted to the bias (and a writing sabbatical). He added that he was still able to sleep despite not reviewing the movie.

** Ebert's disdain over Video games, led to a noticable bias against movies based on or inspired by Video Games. When asked about not reviewing Film/Scott PilgrimVsTheWorld, Ebert admitted to the bias (and a writing sabbatical). He added that he was still able to sleep despite not reviewing the movie.

** Ebert's disdain over Video games, led to a noticable bias against movies based on or inspired by Video Games. When asked about not reviewing Film/Scott PilgrimVs.TheWorld, Ebert admitted to the bias (and a writing sabbatical). He added that he was still able to sleep despite, not reviewing the movie.

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* [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic Nostalgia Critic-like]] fanfiction critic ''The Fic Critic'' (No, not [[WebVideo/TheFanFicCritic that]] one, nor [[WebVideo/TheFanFictionCritic this one]], the text-based one) has noted that he tends to be biased against fics that [[RonTheDeathEater act meanly towards certain characters or treats them badly]], especially ones he likes. One noteworthy example was when he went from disdainful but amused at the stupidity of ''Web Of Shadows'', a Spider-Man/X-Men Evolution crossover Mary Sue [[spoiler:Parody]] fic, to outright anger and chain swearing after [[CreatorsPet Carlie]] [[MarySue Cooper]] called Mary Jane Watson, who he admitted is one of his favorite Spider-Man supporting characters, a slutty model who dresses like a street walker. His reaction to her calling Mary Jane this is one of the few times he went from snarky to outright pissed, and ended up giving that chapter [[BrokeTheRatingScale a "Fuck/10".]]
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* Parodied by ''WebSite/TheOnion's'' video review series with Peter Rosenthal, who plays a character for each review whose personal biases and experiences, some of which are very odd, are often allowed to completely dominate his opinion of a movie. For his review of ''Film/HomeAlone'' he's a gun fanatic who spends much of the review complaining about Kevin not shooting the burglars, he spends the ''Film/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug'' review comparing it unfavorably to a series of fantasy books he himself wrote, and gives a good review to ''Film/{{Antichrist}}'' for it's relatable depiction of the [[{{Squick}} normal human stages of grief.]]
--> As I watched this film I found myself growing ever more incensed at the [[Film/Ghostbusters2016 Ghostbusters]] for delaying God's retribution by storing ghosts in their Ecto-containment unit instead of sending the souls back to Perdition to suffer with all the other idolaters, fortune-tellers, and sodomites.
* WebVideo/TheMysteriousMrEnter is another reviewer known for admitting he has a Bias Steamroller. Notoriously, one of the qualifications for a show being an "Animated Atrocity" is for it using ToiletHumor in excessive amounts (''WesternAnimation/MegaBabies'', a SoOkayItsAverage series that used excessive toilet humor, became the cartoon community's punching bag for a bit as a result of this), something considered "meh" by professional critics' standards.
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-->-- WebOriginal/{{Chrontendo}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0VKg_dJzzQ episode 45]], on ''Kabushiki Doujou: The Stock Speculation''.

* WebVideo/TheMysteriousMrEnter is another reviewer known for admitting he has a Bias Steamroller. Notoriously, one of the qualifications for a show being an "Animated Atrocity" is for it using ToiletHumor in excessive amounts (''WesternAnimation/MegaBabies'', a SoOkayItsAverage series that used excessive toilet humor as part of it's gags, became the cartoon community's punching bag for a bit as a result of this), something considered "meh" by professional critics' standards.

%%* One newspaper film critic slammed ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' because the men all had beards.

* Much like Movieguide.com, Common Sense Media downright admits that it has a Bias Steamroller, not trying to pretend it doesn't have one. The organization reviews all sorts of media from a near-{{Moral Guardian|s}} viewpoint, and often rallies against violence in media.

** He considered movies where young children are apparently unfazed about committing serious acts of violence to be "morally reprehensible." This was a major reason why he was not a fan of the ''Film/HomeAlone'' series and (in contrast to most critics) only gave ''Film/KickAss'' a one-star review.

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* [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic Nostalgia Critic-like]] fanfiction critic ''The Fic Critic'' (No, not [[WebVideo/TheFanFicCritic that]] one, nor [[WebVideo/TheFanFictionCritic this one]], the text-based one) has noted that he tends to be biased against fics that [[RonTheDeathEater act meanly towards certain characters or treats them badly]], especially ones he likes. One noteworthy example was when he went from disdainful but amused at the stupidity of ''Web Of Shadows'', a Spider-Man/X-Men Evolution crossover Mary Sue [[spoiler:Parody]] fic, to outright anger and chain swearing after [[CreatorsPet Carlie]] [[MarySue Cooper]] called Mary Jane Watson, who he admitted is one of his favorite Spider-Man supporting characters, a slutty model who dresses like a street walker. His reaction to her calling Mary Jane this is one of the few times he went from snarky to outright pissed, and ended up giving that chapter [[BrokeTheRatingScale a "Fuck/10".]]
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** However, he seems to be undergoing some CharacterDevelopment on both counts, with his 'Best/Worst/Blandest of 2017' video including ''VideoGame/Persona5'' - a heavily-animesque game with a turn-based combat-system - in the Best-list... much to his own surprise. (Though, admittedly, still only in 5th place, and he said that he liked all the parts that "distracted" from it being a JRPG, such as ''likeable characters that you get invested in''.)