I get that some people might not love Rorie's on-camera contributions, but most of the people that HAAAATE Rorie tend to be real big Ben fans because "he's so funny" and "he's just like me!!!"
I don't know what it is about Ben and Rorie that the people that feel strongly about one feel the opposite about the other, but I do feel like there is a relation. I guess I kinda see it because Rorie is not informed on the industry and Ben is, and Rorie has a very dry "accidental?" sort of humor whereas Ben has a "so forced and painful it's funny?" sense of humor.
I mean, I think Rorie can be a bit awkard at times, but that's generally amusing too and so it's fun to have him around
I don't really know about the idea of industry information (especially as most things I've seen people say about Rorie and information tend to be about "the thing everyone else just said and/or showed on screen" vs current news) since everyone gets things wrong anyway, but there's probably something to the idea that it's down to types of humor and maybe what people find amusing vs sorta embarrassing? since I could see how people could lean one way or the other and feel strongly about it
but personally I just find Ben endearing and generally actually funny, and the same for Rorie; as someone who regularly finds it hard to watch, say, sitcoms where an awkward character is in an embarrassing situation due to the second-hand embarrassment it sets off, neither of them come close to setting that feeling off for me