Yeah, they probably should've left out the more nitpicky points to make the whole thing stronger. "It's interesting that he uses the word 'the' here - the defin

Yeah, they probably should've left out the more nitpicky points to make the whole thing stronger. "It's interesting that he uses the word 'the' here - the definite article. Are things really so definite?" Another aspect of the same point: After a while it should become obvious to them that they're not critiquing a Faulkner or a Dostoyevsky here. Once you've fired your shotgun into the barrel a couple of times, the fish are probably all dead! Cynical take: They're all mad that they weren't asked to write for the glorious Times.