Steve Guttenberg has tried to do the same thing as Paul McGowan in defending the merits of over priced cables by studiously ignoring the real question and talking about something else (only without Paul McGowan's affable camera friendly persona and cleverly crafted script, the bumbling idiot next door without a clue approach of Steve just doesn't work as well for me).
This was useful in a sense. I'm only vaguely familiar with this guy and with what little exposure I had, I was undecided if he was gullible or complicit. Now I know for sure.
I haven't read enough of Kal Rubinson's stuff to know if he's a knowing promoter of fraud, but everyone else I'm familiar with in that world seems to be perfectly happy to take the check and the freebies in exchange for lying.