The picture captions at the DM are done by junior staff who pretty much cut and paste bits of the story. They're under huge pressure, with literally hundreds of articles posted each day. They are not experts in any area and mistakes do (frequently) happen.
The journalists (everywhere) are under equal pressure, but do strive to report accurately. However, there is usually no sub-editor to correct things, and no fact checking staff available. They're both great losses to modern journalism.