Actually it is not. That is why the SEC lifted the short sales restrictions. They stated at the time they did it that they could find no instance of this at work. You get too caught up in short term propaganda.
Shorting was never seriously in play at all in the kinds of stocks you promote anyway. I don't see that you have ever taken a job working for IBM or even LEH
We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth... For my part, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst; and to provide for it. --Patrick Henry, Patriot and Hero of the American Revolution