The only outcome of an article of this nature is that of showing bitcoin in the usual bad way that the mainstream media likes more than everything. To catch a few more clicks, they can go as far as writing these stories.
Nothing new here. Journalists, media, they all have their own agenda: to generate revenue. They don't care about you, nor me, nor Bitcoin.
Before Bitcoin I already knew that TV shows are the filler between the commercials.
Out of normal events make people curious. So they didn't care they send a wrong signal, they didn't care it sounds like a poorly made up story, they have a story.