In the context of a company's effective use of social media, a big lie like the one mentioned could have been vaporized before it gained any traction with Benz personally posting some small item of interest on FB or Twitter under the aegis of SKTO Executive V.P. and General Legal Counsel.
What's that old expresssion about chronic liars bashing stocks on financial boards? "Liar, liar, face on fire" (LLFOF)?