Two problems:

1) Cloudy Nights reviews are posted by the owner of the item in
question. This must almost inevitably result in some bias towards the
object. Since to criticise an item too heavily is suggesting that the
owner has bad taste or poor judgement.

2) The very few magazines that exist within the astro field are heavily
reliant on the hand that feeds them. (i.e., Astro retailers and
manufacturers) Camera magazines are thick on the ground and supported
by thousands of ads. They can afford to carry our objective reviews.
The same cannot be said of astro magazines.

3) The physical description of a telescope and its mounting might be
useful to potential purchasers. But telescopes suffer from "seeing
conditions" in use. Few magazines could afford the test equipment (Zygo
laser interferometer) to accurately assess an objective.