“This is sometimes called “white knighting.” I discussed one such example a few years ago. The white knight in question (a senior faculty member, whom I’d never

“This is sometimes called “white knighting.” I discussed one such example a few years ago. The white knight in question (a senior faculty member, whom I’d never met, who taught at a different university) sent me some very angry emails. It seemed that, from his point of view, I was breaking the rules by publicly criticizing published work. The whole thing seemed so ridiculous to me, but to him it was all about good guys and bad guys. So frustrating.”