However much issues and problems are hyped up and reported with a slant, they do exist and it is foolish to just shrug off criticism just because it is not neutral or because one has a derisive view of the source of the criticism.
Of course, however we have far better ways of realising what problems Wikipedia has than reading The Register. The Register just reports on (and exaggerates) disputes that are taking place elsewhere - we can get much better information by just paying attention to those disputes.