Broder deserves to be called out on his inaccuracies. But the thing that made the story was your point #3. And it could have been completely prevented if the p

Broder deserves to be called out on his inaccuracies. But the thing that made the story was your point #3. And it could have been completely prevented if the people who gave out the advice in #2 gave better advice. We can call Broder an idiot all we want, but it seems like there were bigger idiots on the other side of the phone. They could have erred on the side of caution and just told him to spend more time charging at every opportunity. As a result, #3 would likely not have happened, and Broder's article would have been seen as a mildly negative article, but also a forgettable one.