> His work is well-researched, grounded and reasonable.

Do you intend this to include his almost entirely uncritical coverage of so-called “rapid onset gender dysphoria”? How well do you believe he researched and fact-checked the claims of Lisa Littman? Was he simply misled that her retracted study was real science?

> Perhaps his journalistic output conflicts with your beliefs, but that's no reason to cast false aspersions on him.

Perhaps his journalistic output reinforces your beliefs, but that’s no reason to overstate the quality of his journalism.