No it isn't. The timing of it is that Jerusalem Demsas just wrote a widely circulated piece about why we need to take away control of SFZ rules from local communities, and she just got an excellent case-in-point. Demsas could give a flying fuck about people appearing on Rogan's show.
Probably not true, but even if it is being a NIMBY is still bad.
Describing something as a "hit piece" implies exaggeration or mischaracterization, and I don't see any of that here.
Do you people ever get tired of defending the rich scumbags who don't care about you