Andrew Keen earns his stripes

Andrew Keen, author of “The Cult of the Amateur”, may be mistaken and backward-looking in his criticism of the internet for being corrosive to culture – but to his credit he also has humility and a sense of humour! Keen’s blog points us to his debates with commentators more level-headed than himself, and they are giving him some harsh online punishment:

On the Guardian Keen is flayed alive by Emily Bell.

Keen’s upcoming evisceration on the Colbert Report.
>>edit: sadly there is no evisceration; politically unpredictable mainstream comic Colbert handles Keen pretty gently<<