Flake is right. I suppose the guy on the roof with the gun who fired the shots was completely faked too? Ventura's all about getting publicity for Ventura. He's accomplished what he wanted out of Piers.
Jesse fancies himself an intellectual. It was his character in the WWWF. These conspiracy nuts seem themselves as the smart kids who know the secrets that no one else knows. If you add TDS to that, anything can come out.