Zac is an EXTREMELY opinionated person and makes no point of hding that nor fearing whom he may offend with his comments. This was brought up once in an old Answerman column on ANN becaues the new guy helming the column doesn't get anywhere close to the hatemale Zac used to get. Zac just honestly comes off as an angry and cynical person to me, you can tell by comparing his reviews of shows to the other reviewers both in terms of tone and diction. The only thing I've never cared for about this is that he takes sort of a "holier than thou" attitude when confronted. He has his points and he is right - hell I don't know anyone that's wrong 100% of the time - some of the time but its the manner he conducts himself in I can never agree with.
Your right. I just don't like people calling the group thieves and and drama queens. I am going to stop reading ANN. I don't even see how this is such a controversy when all it's been is internet fights. In the end the people who are making such claims have to actually prove them. It's no a burden on the accused. I own After effects/premier legit and the people that ive known who win contests do also.