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'''Note''': This is ''not'' a way to complain about reviews or reviewers you don't like, unless there actually is a bias steamroller inherent in the reviews.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* [[The Nostalgia Critic]] has stated that this trope is the reason why he doesn't do [[Anime]]. He avoids running a Bias Steamroller over it by not reviewing any at all, instead leaving it to other people on his site.
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* The question of whether [[Confused Matthew]] belongs in here or not is a matter of contention. In his review for ''[[Spirited Away]]'', he admits outright that he dislikes anime, and he doesn't mean to persuade anyone who likes anime to share his opinion. He then proceeds to bash the crap out of it.
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* [[The Nostalgia Critic|Nostalgia Critic-like]] fanfiction critic ''The Fic Critic'' (No, not [[The Fan Fic Critic|that]] one, the text based one) has noted that he tends to be biased against fics that [[Ron the Death Eater|act meanly towards certain characters or treats them badly]], especially ones he likes. One noteworthy example was when he went from
== [[Film]] ==
* Critic Peter Bradshaw panned [[Peter Jackson]]'s film trilogy of ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film)|The Lord of the Rings]]'', largely over what he sees as the failures of the fantasy genre rather than any perceived deficiencies in the films themselves.
* Critic Armond White repeatedly trashes of the films of [[Noah Baumbach]], often with personal overtones. In this case the driving force of the Bias Steamroller seems to be personal: White had previously feuded with film critic Georgia Brown, who was Baumbach's mother. In addition, he has panned every [[Pixar]] movie to come out during his time as a reviewer, often spending half the review complaining about the company itself rather than the film. On the other side of the trope, there seems to be a very short list of directors that Armond will like no matter what: [[Steven Spielberg]], [[Mike Leigh]], [[Wes Anderson]], [[Edgar Wright]], and [[The Coen Brothers]].
** His love for all things Anderson becomes especially interesting when you realize that two of his films that White praised (''[[The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou]]'' and ''[[The Fantastic Mr. Fox]]'') were co-written by Baumbach.
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** And then there's his problems with [[Matthew Broderick]].
** ''And'' [[Randy Newman]].
* ''[[The Agony Booth]]'' has an extreme bias against action films. No matter the quality of the movie, they'll always pan the film, the exception being ''[[Road House]]'', but chalk that up to Agony Booth being fanboys of [[Riff Trax]]. Even when they give movies a rating of say, 8/10, they'll still pan it, and call it "bad" even though they gave it an above-average rating, [[Fridge Logic|which makes zero sense]].
* While [[Love It or Hate It|its certainly up for debate on this matter]], [[Michael Bay]] has been a victim of this many times. While its true that violent explosions, car chases, and [[Ms. Fanservice]]'s are common in his films, he does work to have plot in the films and Character depth at least. However, as far as some people are concerned, if a film has Michael Bay as director, it's nothing but a stupid lowbrow wet dream.
** Similarly, any film staring [[Shia LaBeouf]], besides ''[[Holes]]'', will be hated on the grounds that 'he can't act'. While he's certainly played some annoying characters, he himself isn't nearly as bad an actor as made out, again as seen by Holes.
** And [[Megan Fox]], and [[Live Action Adaptation|films based on a franchise aimed at children]]. Wow, ''Transformers'' never had a chance, did it?
== Literature ==
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== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* While not ''quite'' reviewing, a [[Reality TV]] show article that rated the US version's "''[[Big Brother]]'' winners" the author obviously had one of these. He praised Daniele and Will for playing the strategic game and knowing it; and despite saying the same for Maggie, trashed the hell out of her because he liked Janelle better. He also flat out refused to write anything positive about Mike Malin for the same reason (ie, he liked Janelle better). He also trashed the heck out of Dan and Drew saying they didn't really deserve to win their respective seasons because he disliked them and was unable to respect their gameplay.
== [[Music]] ==
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** Although in general its arguable if he belongs here, since by being biased against EVERYTHING (other than Silent Hill 2, Saints Row and that Spiderman game), it arguably stops being a bias and is more of an [[Unpleasable Critic]] type thing.
** He also goes the other way sometimes; for one thing, he's a rabid [[Valve]] fanboy (to the extent that his rampant cynicism will allow). ''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]'' got his only completely positive review ''ever'', and his only significant complaint about the Half-Life series is that [[Development Hell|it takes too long for each game to come out]]. He does criticize Valve games a bit, but always gives more of a "friendly joshing" impression rather than the nuclear explosions of vitriol applied to games by pretty much anyone else.
* Finnish games reviewer and columnist Niko Nirvi once took note of this effect in a column explaining the various ways in which [[Four Point Scale|a review score]] can be affected by outside factors, such as the "Wrong Guy" effect, where the game in question is a sequel to something that the reviewer previously loathed, the Ancestor effect, where the game is made by an established developer, so the score is based entirely on what the reviewer thinks of the developers, or the Genrebonus effect, where the reviewer is a fan of the IP the game is based on ("It's a ''[[Batman]]'' game! I love Batman! Have some Bat-points!"). There's also the Critic effect, where the reviewer can't admit to liking anything that isn't independent or artsy, and the exact opposite phenomenon, the Laddie effect.
* GamePro would often disparage an RPG ''because'' it was an RPG or in the case of "politically important" games like ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]''', heaping a ton of cynicism into their reviews. ("Politically Important" in this case means "The publisher is paying us a lot to advertise in our magazine") This attitude also seeped into their coverage, wherein they would make all sorts of research flaws while making guides and showing other information about games that was blatantly wrong.
** One particularly heinous review for ''Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force'' had the review bashing the related [[Star Trek: Voyager]] television series which had nothing to do with the review, before going on to admit that the game was good despite his bias. One wonders why they didn't have a reviewer who at least had a passing interest in the show review the game based on it.
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