Those posts were stupid, but that doesn't change the fact that Jeff Duncan obviously let his personal feelings get involved too much in his reporting. It's amateurish and makes him look like a hack.
I generally believe Duncan to be a hard worker who plays things safe, which is what he's supposed to be. But the tenor of his Reggie stuff didn't match the evenhandedness he showed (and is required to show) otherwise.
Dude is hack. And he's a redneck, which makes anything worse.