They regularly short stocks, then tell everyone why that stock is a bad investment, prompting people to sell off and tank the price, resulting in them making $$

They regularly short stocks, then tell everyone why that stock is a bad investment, prompting people to sell off and tank the price, resulting in them making $$ on the short positions, so.......yeah? That is literally what Melvin Capital was doing with GME originally, and that is what sparked the GME short squeeze back in January.