Fair enough but then what is he (?) saying they are making up?
Not a quibble with you but it still means they are saying that some reporting of the event is a lie.
He is saying that, in a sense. He's claiming that because they don't know some details for sure, they're speculating to fill in the holes.
Keep in mind what I know you already know; these nuts believe that when we watch opinion based TV shows that we don't know they're opinion based TV shows, they believe we think it's real news. In the same manner, when these commentators are speculating, they believe others will not realize they're speculating and think it's real news. They think people are that stupid. What it shows is that they're the ones who are stupid, because if they're concerned that others won't recognize opinion and speculation as being something other than what it is, that means some time in the past they made the mistake of believing something was an accurate news report when all someone was doing was just speculating or giving their opinion.
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