If Disney does have paid media lying for them...Disney is having their paid media lie again.
1. You would think that over the years there'd be someone who blew the whistle on this. Otherwise, this is a conspiracy that requires hundreds of people to be quiet about it, which is unlikely.
2. You would think that Disney would pay for good reviews of *all* their movies. And yet, as you and other point out with schadenfreude delight that certain Disney movies get bad reviews. There were people just recently pointing out Mufasa's poor critics score. Why weren't they paid off?
IOW... LOL.