In all honesty, art in some form or the other has always been simulated to some extent. Heck, the whole idea of a story, even if in a book is something you know hasn't happened in real life, but you are willing to suspend belief for a while to be entertained. This is the essence of all entertainment. It is not real, but it makes you feel good.
Like action movies have had cgi, cartoon shows, magic shows and even actors putting on make up itself can be considered deviation from truth.
I guess your idea is that news can be manufactured and one could rig public opinion to all sorts of bad things. But again, once you are here, a good amount of public already knows this to be false enough to be wary of it. Come to think of it, a lot of news is already heavily edited to a point it doesn't represent the original story. This is just a continuation of the same.
