TNR's coverage of Amazon has been astonishingly biased. For instance, they printed a ridiculous article by advice columnist Margot Howard, whose book was poorly reviewed by Amazon customers and who concluded that readers couldn't possibly come up with a useful review. She wrote: '"Book Reviewer" is considered a profession, and reviews are done by other writers. Good sense would seem to militate against any group of people unschooled in creative and critical reviewing coming up with a worthwhile review.'[1]

I think that, when it comes to Amazon, TNR has a giant chip on its shoulder. I think a lot of this criticism has to do with a liberal arts-educated, New York and Washington-based cultural elite that sees itself as eclipsed by Seattle and Silicon Valley upstarts who studied computer science.

[1]http://www.newrepublic.com/article/119875/margo-howard-amazo...