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Rotten Tomatoes further dilutes its utility with 'Verified Hot' badge
Rotten Tomatoes further dilutes its utility with 'Verified Hot' badge. This is like “Certified Fresh” but for viewer ratings.
Also, Comcast owns both Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango, so this seems more like synergistic advertising than an actual way to beat review bombers. The critic score average was already problematic, as reputable reviewers are weighted the exact same as purveyors of internet garbage. The Hot badge has already been issued to current barn-burners Deadpool & Wolverine, Twisters, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Fly Me to the Moon and It Ends With Us.
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