Articles which insults the FSF/GPLv3 seem to always get very highly voted on ycombinator. I read phoronix and I hadn't noticed a FSF-bias.

On the other hand, the stories also all seem true. There really is a serious problem with being attached to the FSF being a liability, and RMS really has held GCC back, and is (in my opinion) the main reason clang/llvm has been able to move ahead in some areas (in particular tool support), where for years RMS explicitly rejected any patch which would make gcc "tool-friendly".

I recall Michael Larabel (owner of the site and pretty much sole show-runner) indeed having expressed a personal dislike for FSF, which is further exemplified with a long line of 'articles' were he attacks FSF for just about every shortcoming in the FOSS world he can think of.

So yes, I'd say you are quite correct in your assessment.

I don't know your viewpoints, so this isn't mean to refer to you specifically, but it might also be that one is attached to the GPL3 and doesn't like seeing it criticized. At the least, it has been my experience that many GPL advocates do not appreciate critical discussion of the effects of the license and the viability of less restrictive alternatives.

Two of the top technology companies (if not THE top two), Apple and Google, are backing Clang/LLVM development for their technologies after having been dependent on GCC for a number of years. There must be a reason for that worth discussing.