The thing is, if the information is released publicly, it is possible to verify some of the things and cross-reference them against things known to be factual.

The thing is, if the information is released publicly, it is possible to verify some of the things and cross-reference them against things known to be factual. So they would not only have to fake information, but figure out a way to make it so that people checking it up to see if it's true get confirmation.. It's a nice conspiracy theory, but seems too hard to pull off.