Trumpettes are working hard to reframe this as "they meant to do this."
That is, they claim that the principle of the idea is ok and MSM should be tested like this. ...While downplaying how Veritas started this project to defend a child molester and trying to make the paper look bad was just a side effect. And that this attempt also was also meant to make people question victims of sexual assault by proving that some people are just paid to say bad things about (Republican) politicians.