Is there a TL;DR? Briefly scanning the reuters link I saw no "scandal" or anything really new and of actual interest, and trying to briefly scan this... stuff..

Is there a TL;DR? Briefly scanning the reuters link I saw no "scandal" or anything really new and of actual interest, and trying to briefly scan this... stuff... only yields for me that "In the mid-20th century, scientists began noticing that the number of fish in the ocean" (here I stopped). 800 upvotes, though. Huh?