The amount of effort being put into both attacking and defending this guy, and the media attention it has received, is far out of proportion compared to the importance of the activity itself.
Fortunately for the rest of us, we get to decide how much this means to us, including the people running the stories and the people reading them. And we've decided it's interesting.
So much to just ignore if you don't give a fuck. Just ignore it.
"But i dont fucking want guitar lessons", springs to mind.
/h (for hypocrite :-)