General statements based off some random site don't really convey any kind of credible information.
As for the mainstream media predicting something... you really have to decide for yourself what's worth your time or not.
MBA types do sometimes come across as either dumb or know-it-all (Besserwisser in German).
One of my mother's old colleagues has an MBA, but he did the part-time exec route, and was funded by Siemens China in the 90s. I doubt that they would have sponsored him if he didn't have potential.