I know that the person interviewed for the article was horribly misquoted, and his words were twisted out of context in order to fit the writer's slant on the article.
How do I know this ? Because I'm the person who was interviewed for the article.
IMO, that article has done irreparable harm to the cause of FE awareness, and of hybrids in general. And I bear a good portion of the responsibility for that, even if my words were taken out of context, by agreeing to be interviewed for the article.
Words can't express how truly terrible I feel right now. When I saw the article yesterday, I was hoping against hope that it would 'fly under the radar' - but now that I see that it hasn't, I feel that I have no choice but to leave the site, and keep my 'mouth' shut on the public internet. A letter to the NYT editorial staff will be forthcoming - little good that it'll do. Since I had direct involvement with this fiasco, it suffices to say that my confidence in the fourth estate has further eroded - again, most likely irreparably.
With that, I will take leave, and apologize once again to everyone within and without for the harm I've caused.
PS: A sincere thanks to everyone who gave me advice, encouragement & help (you know who you are).