I think the big thing to keep in mind that at certain levels, everything is scripted . . . from what people "leak" to what is stated off the record to "official press releases", and unless you were there, you may never know what truly happens.
I had an incident where the Press Department and various members of the producers sat in the room scripted out what the official story was - something that I doubt many people would believe, and then what the "unofficial story" was going to be - none of these had anything to do with the truth. Smoke and mirrors.