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That's not true, that's just some internet drama, the CBS interview was the starting point [1], which is actually not great compared to the Washington Post article [3].

[1]: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/meet-the-man-behind-a-third-of-...

[2]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/meet-the-m...

For some humble self-reflection: You just brought the spotlight on his apparently-noteworthy appearance here. This was not discussed by anyone here and at least for me, nothing that would have come to mind.

I don't think GP is agreeing with it, or that it requires "humble self reflection": the Twitter thing made Reddit's front page (which is seen by many more people than the CBS and HN combined, and is incidentally where I first heard about it as well).

You can step off that high horse now.

Leave out that last sentence and you’re making a cogent, convincing argument; the insult adds nothing and takes something away.

Agreed. Might have upvoted, instead downvoted.

What a world we live in