Andersen might do well to take Salinger's gaffe as a lesson in why fearing the Internet is a dangerous career move. Only this time, the writer in question is arrogant enough to admit that he thinks his opinions really are more credible than those of his readers. Clearly, the new media's intense accountability scares him. Andersen personifies the very reason the Internet is the only real challenge to the increasingly centralized offline media. They can think critically for themselves, and draw their own conclusions.
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