It's a good story (but just consider whether it matters how intelligent you are if you are governing a country, surrounded by advisors and following flawed social policies anyway)

Thye guy was actually really really misquoted and his remarks, when in the report, have been utterly taken out of context by the media.

Still, makes a good story for people to be outraged at, ruin someone's career, but succeeed in diverting public opinion from things that might be more important that a erroneous news story.