A Kinder, Gentler Bauer?

Not on our watch, hopefully. But Eater came across 7x7's article concerning a critic's responsibility (namely, after a scathing re-review of Acme Chophouse, Michael Bauer's) in these trying economic times. Sara Deseran 7x7 food scribe goes on to (inexplicably?) say that, "in fragile times like these, it's a critic's responsibility to think not once, but twice." A curious, albeit worrisome, point of view.