---
"title": "NBC’s Believability Burned"
"description": "Report Summary The believability of NBC News has been diminished in the eyes of the public after it admitted that it staged the explosion of a General Motors truck during a segment of the newsmagazine program “Dateline NBC.”"
"date": "1993-03-03"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Pew Research Center"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/politics/1993/03/03/nbcs-believability-burned/"
"categories":
  - "Media Industry"
  - "Television"
---

# NBC’s Believability Burned

## Report Summary

The believability of NBC News has been diminished in the eyes of the public after it admitted that it staged the explosion of a General Motors truck during a segment of the newsmagazine program “Dateline NBC.”