People do not seem to understand the difference between “bad publicity” and “a bad review.”  Publisher’s Weekly saying your novel is immature and derivative is a bad review.  The news that you plagiarized your entire novel: bad publicity.  Pitchfork giving your record one star: bad review. The lead singer of your band hitting a fan on the head with her guitar: bad publicity. Yelper saying the food at your restaurant is terrible and the servers are slow: bad review. You going on Yelp and acting like a crazy person and barring that customer from your restaurant: bad publicity.

This has been a public service announcement.