Although I was not aware that people thought this, I think that it was a Good Thing that Mac brought this up.

One reason that I say that is how was Mac supposed to know who had heard the rumor and who had not? He could have never /msg'd all the apropos people.

Another reason is that it is important to know that these sorts of uncalled for accusations are being made and how much it sucks that no one had the balls to go up to Mac and tell him.