I found this on the University of Florida newspaper website, posted by someone on their news forums. It's something Andrew Meyer wrote when he was with the newspaper:
"I've finally done it. I angered enough people to have an entire letters-to-the-editor section all to myself (http://www.alligator.org/edit/opinion/issues/stories/040722letts.html#1), full of PO'D readers who just put down my column. Truth be told, I agree with all of them. The letter to the editor I got for my first column was BS, but these people hit the nail on the head. Calling my 'campus lacks intelligence' piece self-centered and obnoxious was precisely what it deserved, and these people gave it to me right between the eyes...And all of this is exactly the response I hoped for. I knew this is how my column would be received, and I'm glad. What I wrote was pompous, contradictory, and self-congratulatory. And it put my name out there. People were undoubtedly talking about what I wrote. At least four were angry enough to write those letters. I wrote something that would be controversial on purpose; I wanted people to read something, ANYTHING that I wrote. Because while the public might completely hate what I had to say, they might at least get a kick out of what they were reading at the same time; maybe even enjoy my writing style, and look for my name in the future. "
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