Must admit, RT, that I thought the same of that particular post from MacB. Had the response been from anyone other than Cranky, I think you'd have agreed with him.
In summary (the way I read it) MacB completely ignored Crankarm's question asking how he knows The Apprentice is crap if he's never seen it. Instead, MacB attacks the poster, insulting his intelligence, claiming him to be full of bile and vitriol and saying that he is "defending reality TV". I didn't see Crankarm defending reality TV, he was just asking how and why MacB has formed his opinion.
I thought the role of the moderators was to monitor and discourage the "attacking the poster not the post" behaviour, not condone it and support the person who posted it when it is highlighted.