You&#x27;re being either intentionally or unintentionally obtuse, and I think anyone who is inclined to actually seek and hear an answer to your question already has it.<p>The entire point was the spin being used by the article.  It doesn&#x27;t <i>matter</i> if the result would be the same, because this branch of the discussion was never about the result, but the positioning&#x2F;spin.<p>I certainly hope that your value function has terms in it for more than just &quot;how much money changes hands at the end of the day&quot;; the ethics used to lay claim to that money matter rather more.