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Re:Nikola admits prototype was rolling downhill in promotion... by maest on Monday September 14, 2020 @05:56PM (#24475593)
> fabrications some diseminate to induce panics

That rarely happens, in reality. It's just the boogey-man CEOs tell their investors at night so they can blame someone for bad stock performance.

There are strict rules against market manipulation and short sellers are under very large amounts of scrutiny. It's not uncommon for legitimate short sellers to get pressured/investigated by SEC/equivalents. (see Wirecard and BaFin)

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Re:Nikola admits prototype was rolling downhill in promotion... by manicdee on Monday September 14, 2020 @11:40PM (#24477667)
Any sensible short just sends their bad news stories to Business Insider/Seeking Alpha/Zerohedge. That way there's no SEC scrutiny because it's not the short that published the story.
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