Which in their honest opinion, was Living Things. And I think a lot of people agree with them. Also, to Pay-per-cut, I disagree with your statement about Victimized and Lies Greed Misery. I find Mike's verses in those songs to be very strong. Much more striking than any rapping he did in A Thousand Suns. They aren't on the level of Lost In The Echo/Until It Breaks, but they do the job nicely.
It's a generalization. Hell, it isn't exactly a lie either. LIVING THINGS does include a lot of material that would appeal to older fans.
To me, Meteora ruined it due to their formula: Badass intro by instrumentalists, usually a rap by mike, scream/chorus by Chester, 2nd verse same thing, then comes the bridge which usually has some screaming, and end it with the chorus and some sound connecting to the beginning to the next song (example: Easier to Run - Faint)
Ha ha, there was no need to say "it sounds like Brad" -well, it does anyway- or similar about UNTIL IT BREAKS (or even to argue back saying "to me it sounds like Dave"), just read the LT booklet "additional vocals by Brad Delson" and that's it, Nothing too serious, just something I wanted to point out xD