This entire fiasco reminds me of 'The Yes Men' and their reality hacks. Claim something loud enough and it becomes the story. The story is then repeated by th

This entire fiasco reminds me of 'The Yes Men' and their reality hacks. Claim something loud enough and it becomes the story. The story is then repeated by the media, eventually forcing a change in government policy. The claim is then, for all intents and purposes, a new reality. An unavoidable downside of democracy is that politicians react to public belief, no matter how easily that belief is manipulated.