It depends on your position as to how valid the Gox price was. It legitimately reached 1226 IMO, as fiat withdrawals were still operational up to that price, but a story (that is completely unsubstantiated) that Gox was using software bots was entirely responsible for that price has been heavily popularised in the media and forums (and I remember seeing comments such as "Gox pumping bots alone were the cause of every price above $100").
I think choosing to make it easier to understand to the one's whom are a little bit of needing a visual cue card of what that looks like.
$2017 here we gooo++ :-D