Sure it didnt fly but under different conditions it probably would.
The original design did have some instability but just remember this folks; Wilbur and Orville designed some craft around the formula for "Lift" derived from Otto Lilienthal.
Lilienthal got the formula wrong and through the sheer genius of inventing their own wind tunnel, refined and modified what is now used as the correct lift formula.
The Wright flyer was designed around this and to boot a lightweight engine (made from Aluminium) was designed specifically for flight in mind.
Crap headline by the journo's as usual but their attempt to sully the efforts of many or the first man-made flight has failed dismally.