A healthy degree of scepticism is absolutely essential to learning about something new. Due diligence is a critical precursor to investing precious time and money into other people's projects and ambitions.
However, attempting to stifle engagement and genuine efforts to improve and innovate by using fear and disinformation is self-serving and obvious. If you have a trusted voice, don't waste it spinning smoke and mirrors, use it to blast the air clear so that real issues can be seen and challenged. It's better to have patience and gain true insight in order to make a single pertinent objection, than to fill the air with half-truths and nonsense. Of course, if that is the objective, spin on. I hope you have a change of heart and try to help instead.
Happy Steeming