Not necessarily: many people kind of assume the worst anyways, but without getting terribly riled up about it. To them, confirmation will read like tautology, h

Not necessarily: many people kind of assume the worst anyways, but without getting terribly riled up about it. To them, confirmation will read like tautology, hardly newsworthy. Those same people will tend to be sceptical of puff pieces, but if they occasionally let their guard down the positives might outweigh the negatives even if the conspiracy does come to light.