JS on Smart Investor (video interview), page-131

The sensationalizing is not what damaged Big Un and instead it is the exposure of some truly dubious practices and flaw in fundamentals that could be construed as manipulation and deception. That is what eviscerated the stock. All the poo flinging is just AFR running with it a.k.a. rubbing salt on the gaping, may even be fatal, wound. The rubbing of the salt is not what did the damage and objectively people should focus on what is relevant. So why poo flinging? To evoke emotions and thus pique interests just like ALL MEDIA do. They obviously succeeded but unfortunately there are many idiots that ended up focusing on it as the true cause of the predicament that Big Un is currently in and that is obviously couldnt be further than the truth.