Definitely not true. Link baiting is a totally fair and valid SEO method. That list is not a great one though, it doesn't offer much advice at all. They key to link baiting is simple killer content. Make it useful, make it funny, make it controversial, make it different and you'll get the links.
I totally disagree with you. How about if you built a website that become very popular and people all around the world started witting about it and even linking to it is it BAD ??? I don't really think so