Moving forward, it doesn't matter if something is labeled as rumor or closer to fact, if it comes from famousmortimer's, thuway's, verendus's, etc. mouth then it's going to be taken in as fact. As of right now, words uttered from our insider's mouths have the ability to create what can only be described as a shitstorm, extending from these boards to the gaming industry at large. That level of ripple effect should come with responsibility, and Bish and the mods have done a wonderful job at weeding out the players from the bullshitters, but at the moment, proven and established insiders all have the notion that "things change" to fall back on if rumors don't pan out. I'm not really sure what can be done on this front, outside of the insiders themselves being incredibly selective in the rumors that they do eventually share, which I'm assuming is already the case.
Regardless, it doesn't look good when you have gaming outlets pushing rumors corroborated by multiple GAF insiders within articles, only for said rumor to effectively be squashed days later by damning videos. Especially with something as profound as suggesting that a console OS is fundamentally broken, which has the ability to effect sales if true. Touchy situation to say the least.
