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Are online restaurant reviews broken? Why Dallas diners can’t trust star ratings

Summary by The Dallas Editorial Desk · Byline on the source page: Jeff Siegel, as published by Dallas Observer · October 12, 2026 · 1 min read

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Is McDonald’s really better than top Dallas barbecue? An SMU Cox professor breaks down why algorithm inflation, fake reviews, and flawed metrics make online ratings useless.

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Summary created by	The Dallas Editorial Desk — automated, rule-governed
Byline on source page	Jeff Siegel, as published by Dallas Observer
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Source published	Oct 12, 2026
Indexed here	Oct 12, 2026
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