Writer omits Chomsky's skillful use of newspaper articles as "authorities" and the omission of other articles that contradict. He's a weaver, a constructor, of the anti-American narrative, and the giddy reception he gets, I suppose, is due to his ability to speak in English, and not academese. He is also clever in avoiding sloganeering, at least in the usual way it is published.
I don't think he's enamoured with LitCrit type talk and theories, a small plus.
He went to "Muslim" Pakistan, and India, because he knows where the action is. I think he failed there, by reading the articles from there.