Debate: Do We Need Professional Critics?
Can professional criticism stay relevant in a media landscape overflowing with opinions?

Claim: We need professional critics
Reason: Professional work is important.
Warrant 0: criticizing another professionals work is not work
Warrant 1: criticizing another professionals work is a type of work
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: We need professional critics
Reason: Critics bring accountability and measurement to the arts.
Warrant 0: it matters a lot if the arts are accountable, as they affect the real world
Warrant 1: it does not matter if the arts are accountable as they do not affect the real world
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: We need professional critics
Reason: A professional critic becomes like an old friend.
Warrant 0: old friends are reliable
Warrant 1: old friends stab you in the back
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: We need professional critics
Reason: Professional critics shed light to things that would otherwise be missed, make people question things, and think harder about things.
Warrant 0: getting things out of a film is a luxury and not something that is truly needed
Warrant 1: getting things out of a film is something that is truly needed
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: We need professional critics
Reason: Professionals critics are specifically trained their fields.
Warrant 0: they are relevant in one particular field but also have knowledge in other things
Warrant 1: they are only relevant in one particular field and don't have knowledge in anything else
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: We need professional critics
Reason: Professional critics shed light to things that would otherwise be missed, make people question things, and think harder about things.
Warrant 0: people really don't have within themselves the deep knowledge of right and wrong
Warrant 1: people really have within themselves the deep knowledge of right and wrong
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: We need professional critics
Reason: Critiques are  needed to call them out on the things they might have not seen for themselves, even if the critique isn't the most positive thing.
Warrant 0: any person with an open orifice can express an informed opinion
Warrant 1: not every person with an open orifice can express an informed opinion
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: We need professional critics
Reason: Professionals critics are specifically trained their fields.
Warrant 0: most of those fields have remained relevant with time
Warrant 1: most of those fields have become irrelevant with time
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: We do not need professional critics
Reason: Professional work is important.
Warrant 0: criticizing another professionals work is not work
Warrant 1: criticizing another professionals work is a type of work
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: We do not need professional critics
Reason: Critics bring accountability and measurement to the arts.
Warrant 0: it matters a lot if the arts are accountable, as they affect the real world
Warrant 1: it does not matter if the arts are accountable as they do not affect the real world
Correct warrant: 1