Short answer: probably not unless they're willfully lying. I posted a column related to short-selling a while ago. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1801706

Short answer: probably not unless they're willfully lying. I posted a column related to short-selling a while ago. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18017060 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18017060.