Seattle Met Magazine

Lack of Journalistic Integrity - biased based on what their advertisers would like them to write. Not worth the trees they are killing to make the paper to publish.
Dec 16th, 2022

After discontinuing my subscription a couple of years ago, I recently went back to the Seattle Met only to find that it's even worse than it was. Very many pages of ads and blocks of ads of different kinds that dominate the not so interesting texts. Also, it seems that if you want to be on the Top Docs list, for example, all you need to do is purchase a half page ad in the magazine. At least it looks that way because all the doctors who advertises in the magazine are on the top doctors lists in their respective specialties. Maybe the Met should also look at the reviews on Google maps to confirm their choices because some are dubious..
May 6th, 2022

Each year, "Seattle Met" publishes a list of 'Top Doctors,' who are voted by the health care practitioners in the Seattle area as their most esteemed peers. But can you trust those results?In June 2014, I went to a podiatrist at "Issaquah Foot and Ankle Specialist" for a small bump that was caused by rubbing with a stiff shoe. The podiatrist misdiagnosed it as bunion, did a bunion surgery that was not even required, and botched it. The surgery left my left leg permanently impaired.I went to this podiatrist because of his glowing reviews on Facebook, Google, Yelp and other doctor review sites.  I let my guard down in the examination room and trusted him, and didn't seek a second opinion -- a decision I'll regret for the rest of my life.After the botched surgery, I started looking at this podiatrist's reviews closely and realized that most of his glowing reviews were fake!Over the years, I saw tons of this podiatrist's earlier fake reviews were removed, and new fake reviews were added. You can view more information about my experience with this podiatrist at sitejabber.com/reviews/g…, and some of his fake reviews I caught at reddit.com/user/MingCher….This podiatrist was named a "Top Doctor" in podiatry by "Seattle Met" in 2011 and 2012. If a doctor who manipulates reviews in order to dupe patients can be voted "Top Doctor," then I think the selection process is flawed, and the results cannot be trusted!
Mar 8th, 2022

Apr 14th, 2021

Our school yearbook team has used this magazine as a reference to design. The photography is amazing and the stories are interesting.
Sep 20th, 2019