This provides an excellent case study as well, as his original post on this doesn't seem to produce any corroboration at all, so the "reporting" boils down to:

This provides an excellent case study as well, as his original post on this doesn't seem to produce any corroboration at all, so the "reporting" boils down to: "I got an e-mail from someone making a bunch of claims, so I'll regurgitate those." Including an update/follow-up that was added later, by the same person. At best, it's shoddy journalism. He was taken for a ride and should bear some public shame for that. I doubt he'll get sued for it but a lot of people lost money because of him, so I wouldn't be surprised if someone tried.