1781 J. Burgoyne Pref. p. xx It appeared to one of the newspaper critics, that I had been guilty of a great error in not introducing a scene in the Silvain.
1859 B. Bodichon Let. 28 June in ‘G. Eliot’ (1954) III. 103 The book could not have succeeded if it had been known as hers; every newspaper critic would have written against it (!!!).
1992 13 Jan. 10/1 America's greatest living playwright has been decrying..the tyranny of a single newspaper critic who can make or break a show overnight.