Perhaps that is what he was saying. That is what I thought at first as well. Then I thought 'what would personal bias have to do with believing this kind of story?' and that probably forced me to interpret it differently.
It is true that people tend not to question the credibility of a source if it strengthens their beliefs. I'm just wondering if that applies to this case, because who reading that article was leading a front to ban FFVII or believed that someone was, prior to reading the story?