A lot of assumptions being made here by people not really providing any math to back them up. When you talk about "everyone remotely sharp," what percent of the population are you talking about? Let's pin it down. How many U.S. civilians reading MDawg's narratives on WoV would recognize them as a fraud without people pushing back and debunking him?
I have an estimate. So let's see what other people estimate.
I bring this up because obviously the reality sports betting show I linked previously made it to television because enough people bought the storyline as television network decision-makers, followed by enough people buying the story as civilians watching it, followed by advertisers placing ads on it. And yet, from my point of view, "everyone remotely sharp" should have known it was a fraud.