I think it’s fair to say he made a mistake in it but I dont think it’s a fair to act like he was particularly malicious or deserves to lose TDS over it.

But his stuff was based on what his generation experienced, and apparently based on people living in his neighborhood.

He may have embellished the fake anthrax story a bit, but I think the core important part of that is that he received it in the first place. Sure, it didn’t actually end up on his daughter, but as a parent that’s all you’d be thinking about in that situation anyway.