"It's a fallacy to ignore things that are true without researching it to verify it, simply because something else is unverifiable and seemed ludicrous or false."

I agree with you. Yet, for whatever reason the media is able to successfully over and over again use straw man arguments in such a way that they are able to either whitewash real events, or condition people to apprehend them with less seriousness than the situation requires.

"I don't claim anything he says is true here"

Well, to be fair you switch from reporting what he said to speaking matter of factly about his claimsfor a moment. I can tell he's got you on the fence a bit.

"DM's memory was erased until around age 30 when he was able to recall it back."
"In REM sleep he doesn't have dreams, but instead has the memories of his clones."