I'll admit the parent was caricaturizing these two figures. As far as whether two well-known people might be 'wrong', I say it's worth starting to find the journalists and academics who try really hard to not have a bias and tried to understand things over the years. Hold space for the perspective of the reasoned skeptics/short-sellers but also understand their own character flaws.

The caricatures are likely correct at some level, since the mark of a good businessman, especially in the modern day, is ability to build hype...