So either way, no one should believe anything written in an opinion piece, even if for example an impartial third party like Mastercard is able to verify it to

So either way, no one should believe anything written in an opinion piece, even if for example an impartial third party like Mastercard is able to verify it to the extent that they found the information actionable enough to suspend business relations. I genuinely do not understand the position of "it could be fiction, and therefore should be treated as fiction even if it's found to be true simply because the section it's in is often populated with bad writers"