Still a good point, but there's also the factor of he's the one who told other people, so everything boils down to him. Stealth and other people hyping it up is really on him because he told people something he was supposed to be keeping a secret and they started blowing it up and teasing people that they knew. This is a relatively smart move on his part, but in all fairness he should be willing to accept most of the blame for it because he told others but then tweeted like "I can't say anything about it". He really brought it on himself by doing that. Honestly, if nothing happens and his rep is tarnished, I won't really feel bad for him.
In fact, part of me is wondering if he'll out his source if the 23rd comes around and nothing happens.
I totally agree about trying to let it die down in case it is fake though. It's better to kill the hype earlier on.