I voted 'not guilty', but full disclosure I'm probably not the most informed voter. First off, we had MMM lead the charge on this FIRE thing, and I think he's pretty good at mis-representing (ref. lotsa my history posting about his abuse of calling himself retired and having a 25k/yr lifestyle). The Frugalwoods never seemed to be about balance sheet disclosure, they just talked about how much the spent and what a great life it afforded them.
I guess I also have a bias know how conflicting it is to blog about LBYM. I started off making 42k/yr in 1996 and saved over 50%. Returns on investment were addictive as the tech bubble inflated which kept me going strong for a while (that, and gas was under $1/gal, the internet was cheap and slow, and downloading music was a full-time past-time. In fact, I got paid for surfing the web, but I digress....). But I was never going to get rich quick, especially when that bubble popped early 2000. I became despondent that I hadn't done something with the gains like an advanced degree or diversification into real estate. So I applaud FW for achieving their goal and maybe spending a little of their excess. I guess I'd assumed, after the whole MMM thing, that there was excess and I appreciated the disclosure about the spending side.
On MMM you really get don't get anywhere near full disclosure on what the Pete household's actual income or spending are.