Well if he wrote some books about Elon, then for sure he must be right in all his speculations. By the same logic, Walter Isaacson is basically a rocket engineer at this point because his book about Elon sold even more copies.
P.S.: Even Eric's followers on X disagree with his take in this article
Wait, are you telling me that chatter on the website owned by the company and extremely sensitive person (who should not be so sensitive, given all that he has genuinely accomplished) - all of which is barely questioned in TFA - has issues with this?
He has written what are widely considered the best books on SpaceX, and has contacts throughout industry and government.
He is critical of everyone when appropriate. He is probably the most trusted name in space journalism.