I was a photographer for BAe ( looking back, it seems much like " I flew for the Fugher " ) !
When photographing instruments / displays which had a fault, to illustrate the snag people were moaning about, I always insisted that the control settings were realistic to the given situation.
When faced with the media on the odd day, it was very depressing and much like being thrown into a tankfull of Piranhas !
'Truth' was not even on their agengda.