I dunked on him on the IBCK Patreon after their last nonsensical “media criticism” episode and he blocked me. He can’t even put his ego aside to secure the bag.

This is what I wrote:

"I have a lot of friends who have a lot of opinions about Michael Hobbes because they’re also annoying New Yorkers.

A constant opinion among people who I would describe as more “nerdy”, around Maintenance Phase is the fact that Michael Hobbes is a critic but does not offer solutions or alternatives. You can call this kind of parlance “Michaelisms”. Things that feel like it’s about the debate, not about the content, not about the solution to the problem, but about winning.

My defense of Michael’s Maintenance Phase work is that Michael is not a scientist, he cannot offer alternatives, he can only compile, analyze and weight studies that have already been done by others.

This episode is rife with the worst “Michaelisms” and gotchas, things that make you feel that it’s not about improving the media or providing an objective lens but about Michael (and Peter TBH) proving he’s right – I feel that it’s indefensible here. Michael is able and qualified to offer solutions and alternatives because in our media the only qualification you need to be able to explain how things should be is podcaster."