The author has a very strong point to make, but ruins his article by being disingenuous throughout. Many of the cited articles say nearly-but-not-quite what he

The author has a very strong point to make, but ruins his article by being disingenuous throughout. Many of the cited articles say nearly-but-not-quite what he claims them to say. Why not just keep it real, instead of putting people off by trying to manipulate them?