There is nothing wrong with buying a stock and then pointing out a piece of positive publicly available information to others - people do it in HC every day whether it's sharing news articles, analyst research or comments from other companies or industry bodies.
Similarly, there is nothing wrong with going short a stock and then highlighting bad news i.e. what is detailed in the OM report to others - this may include a journalist. Hedge funds do this regularly and I'm sure that is what occurred here.
If the information is non-public or shorting occurred purely because there was knowledge that a negative article was coming then that is potentially illegal but there is no evidence that this is what occurred - you seem to be assuming this is a fact?
BIG Price at posting:
$2.22 Sentiment: Sell Disclosure: Not Held