Robby Soave is an American journalist who is a senior editor for Reason and the author of two books: Panic Attack: Young Radicals in the Age of Trump and Tech Panic: Why We Shouldn't Fear Facebook and the Future. He was born in Detroit, Michigan and graduated from the University of Michigan. In 2015, he won a Southern California Journalism Award from the Los Angeles Press Club for his writing on the Rolling Stone story "A Rape on Campus". He was named in Forbes' "30 under 30" list in 2016. In 2019, he gained media attention for his writings defending the Covington Catholic High School students involved in the Lincoln Memorial confrontation. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife where he serves on the D.C. Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Not sure of your point re: the author. Whoever, the author is, facts are facts, and the ability or inability to present a compelling argument is what it is.