Indeed, and you utter fucking numptys sucked it all down like good little boys, and shouted down anyone calling bullshit.
What you're doing here with OSINT is good, but you people fucking suck at information hygiene. Any environment that discourages questioning will be rife with misinformation and confirmation bias.
Next time someone tells you to "trust the plan", you tell them to post proof (ACTUAL proof, not this plausibly deniable qshit) or fuck off.