The FUD and the hit pieces did three things. 1. Knocked the price down letting the shorts gain a reprieve from REG SHO (not that they were really that concerned in the first place). 2. Created an aura of fraud and changed the conversation. 3. Made the longs get emotional about their investment so we'd dig in and fight to the end. "We're right dammit!" "Short squeeze coming!" And, in fact, we likely were right about the company but they made sure they were right about the stock price. Big money won and we will probably never know how. Bit I don't think it was the fud of the hit pieces.