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The problem I have is not necessarily with people who have studied art/movies/whatever they are critiquing, it's those that simply landed a job where they have no real background in the subject other than their own opinions. In that way, everyone can be a critic if they want. The thing about critics and movies is that in reality, very few of them offer what would be considered a "true" critique. I personally have taken courses from a professor that was one such person, and there's a lot more to properly critiquing a film than just saying what is usually said on one of their reports.

RT specifically, my beef is that they allow way too many hacks. From complete racists and bigots to people whom RT actually tells you that they count of their Tomatometer only do so if they are published by a certain publication. That means it isn't about that critic at all, it's about that publication which suggests an ulterior motive. RT's reputation has grown in such a way that it's treated like gospel, and is usually offered up as proof of whether something is actually good or not (see: another topic on this board about Wonder Woman). There are proper critics out there sure, but RT allows a decent amount of people who are not.
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