So we&#x27;ve been in Le Monde[1], now BBC and Hacker News. All of this because a tabloid newspaper from Montreal thought it was better to gain exposure than to protect and correct a young aspiring scientist. A local &quot;mythbuster&quot; [2] already debunked the whole story, but alas, the trashy newspaper is still pushing this fiasco from new angles every day.<p>I fear this whole story will be extremely bad for the kid and most news outlets should blame the newspaper instead of focusing on the kid or the bad science part.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;mobile.lemonde.fr&#x2F;big-browser&#x2F;article&#x2F;2016&#x2F;05&#x2F;11&#x2F;l-histoire-aberrante-d-un-jeune-quebecois-qui-avait-decouvert-une-cite-maya_4917667_4832693.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;mobile.lemonde.fr&#x2F;big-browser&#x2F;article&#x2F;2016&#x2F;05&#x2F;11&#x2F;l-hi...</a>
[2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;journalmetro.com&#x2F;opinions&#x2F;inspecteur-viral&#x2F;962214&#x2F;ce-jeune-quebecois-a-decouvert-une-cite-maya-non-disent-les-experts&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;journalmetro.com&#x2F;opinions&#x2F;inspecteur-viral&#x2F;962214&#x2F;ce-...</a>