This fake news propogate by some people who want to crush Bitcoin just to buy it in smaller price.
Yes I believe you are right. This could be an inside job, those greedy investors spreading fake news just to cause panic selling to the new investors out there. But even though with all this price drop, I will never lose faith in bitcoin at all.
Every entity that has been releasing those news have their own agendas and doing so. However, in my opinion, this fake news won't matter if people would just be diligent and cautious with checking the sources and the information in the write-ups they read. Nowadays, anyone can publish anything, and it could be about anything as well. I think the better thing to do here is to find reliable sources that would help you and guide you in getting at better ventures in the cryptocurrency market. It plays to be updated and to learn.