taken to ensure that no one took the dramatization seriously. Also, NBC ran into intensely unpleasant repercussions for their `fake exploding pickup' piece (didn't someone resign over this)?
Eh? I don't think you're talking about the same case: 1) GM lost a $100 million dollar lawsuit: parents of a dead teen sued GM, they alleged faulty design caused the truck to explode. 2) NBC ran a story about these exploding trucks. 3) GM claimed the trucks were rigged to explode. 4) NBC consistently denied anything of the sort. 5) GM did their OWN extensive investigation and proved NBC fudged the results. 6) NBC finally admitted to rigging the experiment. They fired three top execs of "DateLine" to COVER THEIR ASS.
The point is that the media takes Truth very seriously. They go to the greatest lengths to achieve it.
This is crap. NBC went through great lengths to cover the truth until it became clear GM had them. If for some reason you think eliminating ``pseudospoofing'' will eliminate disinformation, you're way off since if happens ALL the time NOW.