"It's an old political system like the Soviet system," one critic told me.

Apple's critics will tell you that other handsets have had voice control for some time.

Historians and social critics have told it for years, from multiple angles.

And I don't need the critics to tell me that it isn't any good.

The critics told the public they must love it.

They of course know this is 'art', because some critic or expert has told them it is.

Then the critics can tell me what it Means.

Most critics can tell you stories about the pressure on them to be upbeat and populist.

His critics might tell him to get a life.

To hear critics tell it, there may be little left to sell.