It’s not a fact of trust. I can trust you are in good faith, but people can do mistakes. That’s why I prefer to stick on facts.
Having said that, the fact that a post by Guido Van Rossum was hidden was confirmed by Guido himself:
The entire post is here (sorry if I cut some parts):
Note that it wasn’t just Tim who woke up to press inquiries. I was contacted by the same people. (One of them was dishonest by not revealing his press affiliation.) I responded the same as Tim said and I believe I had at least as much of a hand in quieting this down as Tim had. (Tim knew this, as we exchanged email about the incident, but I’m glad he didn’t want to reveal my personal involvement.) Also it was my contacting Łukasz that caused my post to be unhidden. (Other moderators didn’t res…
This is very strange. Why people flagged such innocuous post? And why no moderator apart the moderator Łukasz answered to Guido?