Could itchyhorse please let us know which website/magazine this was, which company he worked for, adn his own name, so that decent people have the chance to boycott these nutters?

On my website I'm very critical about reviews in magazines (basically, they are almost always worthless), but with the above manipulation they are worse than useless.

On my website I wrote:
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If I knew the names of that company and that magazine/website, I would never visit/read the latter nor buy anything from the former.

Instead of correcting a possibly unjustified bad review on their website and/or by commenting on it on that website/in that magazine, they advertise in it, and have bad reviews removed. They are not helping remove injust reviews, they are helping making all reviews from that website/magazine untrustworthy. These people are part of the problem that generates bad reviews. It's quite unsurprising that this guy then attacks the writers in the magazines for ridiculous reasons "journalists wanting to be bike riders" which is just complete and utter bullshit. They are inept, yes, but a 'bike rider' isn't going to do any better. It's about attitude, nothing more, nothing less. Example: I don't need to be a painter to appreciate a painting by Rembrandt, nor to be able to judge lots of other paintings by amateurs, as shite. So I don't need to be a professional bike rider to be able to judge bikes, or parts thereof.

Most of what is written in magazines and websites thereof is rubbish because these people have a non-critical attitude. Bribery by advertising such as the above shows, just makes it even worse. I.e., the reviews are useless, but with those bribes the collective of reviews from that magazine/website is worse than useless.
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Not sure if I can put links here, but see:

http://swhs.home.xs4all.nl/fiets/tests/index_en.html
http://swhs.home.xs4all.nl/fiets/varia/bikeradar_en.html