They Who Review First, Review Loudest

I'd like to preface by saying this isn't a longform subtweet; it's neither criticising nor endorsing score homogeneity or early reviews and isn't really precipitated by any recent event or controversy except the anecdotes cited, it's just a series of loose observations because I'm easily distracted. In British political journalism, there exists a phenomenon known to lobby hacks - those fortunate few entitled to access parliament and its MPs for immediate reporting - called The Line. This is norm...