I'm extremely used to lournalistic inccuracy - frequently submit written reports on things which our Air Cadet Sqn get up to with piccies, but they still manage to mis-spell names, change facts, etc. I genuinely believe most journos to be thick as poo OR incapable of recognising the difference between fact and fiction OR unable to resist tampering with something which reads perfectly OK and introducing errors that way.
Sorry to offend any journos out there (and I'm sure there are some good ones), but the above is just based on personal experience.