IMDb bias?


When I look at the user comments for this film (http://imdb.com/title/tt0428959/usercomments), I see one positive one and three negative ones. The positive one has the majority approval of a good dozen users, and is the thoughtful opinion of someone who has seen the film. The three negative ones only have two positive votes between them, showing that the majority of people agree with me in observing that they are nothing but right-wing rants by individuals who show no sign of having seen the film.

And yet it is one of these rants (with 2 out of 6 votes) that has been displayed for some time on the main IMDb page for this film.

The rant contains no information about the film whatsoever beyond the unsubstantiated accusation that it is not composed of facts. The rest of it is a libellous extended ad hominem attack on Prof Chomsky, whose name is furthermore misspelt.

If the review on the main page for the film is automatically chosen, I can see no explanation for this terrible review being there. The only answer is that an IMDb admin chose to put it there. I would like to urge IMDb not to indulge in such underhand political manœuvres.

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I see it has now been changed. Thank you.

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Now that your problem is fixed and I am of no use (because I doubt there is really a significant bias) we can talk about the film.

What did YOU think of it?

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They are cycling through the negative reviews ONLY. E.g:

9 out of 69 people found the following comment useful:-
Weakness of this biased movie, 10 June 2005

3 out of 42 people found the following comment useful :-
More propaganda from history revisionists !, 15 July 2005

VS.

43 out of 49 people found the following comment useful :-
Like nothing you've ever seen!, 20 November 2004

24 out of 28 people found the following comment useful :-
must seen mainly by Americans, 2 March 2006

--Dissappointed

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Fixed now, or cycling process at:

43 out of 49 people found the following comment useful :-
Like nothing you've ever seen!, 20 November 2004

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