>Mr. Gibney held out John Lennon and Martin Luther King Jr. as somehow more worthy than Jobs of the wave of grief that took place after they died.
So all it boils down to is if the particular flaws of a person pushes a critic's hotbuttons, he/she deserves less praise.
For example, if someone's hot button is "wife beater" or "pedophile", he will dismiss John Lennon and Jimmy Page. If someone else's hot button is "plagiarizer" or "adulterer", she will dismiss MLK and JFK.
As far as we can tell, Steve Jobs never raised a hand against his wife. But, he did treat subordinates very callously. What to make of all this?
Society doesn't venerate people for the wife beating or employee mistreatment. It's always the other accomplishments that overshadow those flaws.