when his job performance is being criticized? Of course he's going to say what Moriarty said is crap, b/c it reflects poorly on him (fairly or not).

Also, just because many points of his post are also mentioned in other sources, doesn't mean it they are any less correct.

I'm not saying he's right. He might not be. But your case against him is full of generalizations and not really backed up by anything of substance.