A while back–long while actually–i was doing rest. reviews for a weekly in Santa Cruz Ca—the owners would never print anything negative—-since most of the places they sent me off to were advertisers–so any review of a place that was sub par  was never printed–so i stopped writing about them if they sucked!–but there were plenty of good places so there was always a review,—after a while locals knew about the publishers policy and often would ask me–“You ever eaten at “So and So’s?—if i said yes–they would ask if the review was printed–when i said “No” –with a smile, they knew not to eat there!