> fabrications some diseminate to induce panics That rarely happens, in reality. It's just the boogey-man CEOs tell their investors at night so they can blame

> fabrications some diseminate to induce panics That rarely happens, in reality. It's just the boogey-man CEOs tell their investors at night so they can blame someone for bad stock performance. There are strict rules against market manipulation and short sellers are under very large amounts of scrutiny. It's not uncommon for legitimate short sellers to get pressured/investigated by SEC/equivalents. (see Wirecard and BaFin)