I also wouldn't be a very good ex-Cardinalista if I didn't huffily point out—as Shadid himself probably wouldn't have—that he earned two Pulitzers.
See, if I was Mike Levine, I'd concentrate on this line right here. "Gullible? Easily swayed by hype and hysteria? Borderline moronic? GM has a truck for you." Or some more marketing-friendly version.
Edit to add: Not that I'd dream of telling Mr. Levine his business. He's one of the good ones—JK
(And for the record, I know we're probably pretty deep into No-True-Scotsman territory here, and that this isn't an inherently logical argument. We're both as correct as we need to be.)