[TLFisher]

Another double standard I read on a Facebook post:

"Once a story is secondhand, it begins to change, and eventually it can become a great exaggeration. This is always the case with rumors. In order to learn the lesson of long-suffering, we need to experience the suffering of restricting our mouth and stopping our tongue. We may see and hear many things, but we should not speak a word without the anointing and leading of the Holy Spirit. We must not let the enemy use our tongue for his purpose... If a brother wrongs us, we should not say a word....It is better to choose long-suffering. Then we will be saved from the wrong kind of suffering, and the church life will be kept from damage.

In order to hear one another in love, we need to fight against suspicion and fear in the church life. Instead of these two things, we should have only love. To have suspicion toward a brother means that our love is gone. Then after suspicion, fear will follow. If the two brother suspicious of each other, they will be like spies to one another. This will produce a mutual fear between them.

We must give no ground to suspicion and fear. We love our brothers; we do not fear them. First John 4:18 says, There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear."

That in bold is my emphasis. Regarding exaggerations, turmoils in the recovery were a product of exaggerations and rumors without any factchecking. Facts were neglected. Whichever rumor was the flavor of the day, that's what LSM propagated.
Of course, if you call them on rumors and exaggerations, brothers become agitated. That's the double standard.