I’m sure there would just be more drama. Click-hungry media would say the video is doctored or something else. Attention seekers have done this for the footage of man landing in the moon 50 years ago, and ever before and since. Today, we actually reward this behavior with clicks and money. No, we don’t just reward, we make it existentially important to our media.

Good reputation management practice is to let these wild speculations in the media starve out. Even if you are right. Don’t expect the media to have the integrity to tell the truth. It’s just prudent.