There a several things, but here are two big ones.
I smelled a big space rat last December. Did you know that no one was present at the launch? It was transported and launched in secret. Why, you ask? Because they were scared of pirates stealing it: Watch NASA's James Webb Space Telescope launch into orbit. Like it might end up on eBay or something.
The title is present tense, but note that this report is after the "launch" and AFAIK it was not broadcast live.
It's just another fake space mission is all I know. Relax. You're free to believe whatever you like.
Why do you think it's fake?
There a several things, but here are two big ones.
I smelled a big space rat last December. Did you know that no one was present at the launch? It was transported and launched in secret. Why, you ask? Because they were scared of pirates stealing it: Watch NASA's James Webb Space Telescope launch into orbit. Like it might end up on eBay or something.
The title is present tense, but note that this report is after the "launch" and AFAIK it was not broadcast live.
Then they sealed it with this unrecoverable "science" boo-boo: Jim Stone: Webb of Lies.
The latest gaffe and subject of the OP comes as no surprise.
Jim Stone's article is debunked here:
Why Webb stars have eight points
Yeah, it looks like they calculated that diffraction pattern back in 2007 (page 23): The JWST Point Spread Function: Calculation Methods and Expected Properties (41-page PDF). Thanks for the heads up.
So add this oddity to the pile: Weird inconsistencies with the James Webb press conference (or lack thereof) today. Let's get everybody together for a 5 minute press conference, then talk amongst ourselves in secret? Not proof it's fake, but if it isn't, why do they have to act so weird when suspicion is already in the air?