
And that the work in question has actually been published.
The A.V. Club is an excellent entertainment review site; I have a feeling this incident is an isolated one.
I'm probably biased because I'm a big fan of regular features like Nathan Rabin's My Year of Flops column (and now book), with its in-depth cinema essays that transcend the usual pessimism of critical analysis, and The Inventory, an attempt to connect partially-related songs, movies, books, actors, etc. into eclectic and entertaining lists.
Some of the reviews on the rest of the site are hit or miss, but in general, it's a great thing, this A.V. Club.
That's why a fake review is such a shock.
Don't lie, kids, especially when you work for an otherwise very neat site.