AA, while I can understand your interest in something like this, it does have the usual whiff of sensationalist bull**** from the media.
It's a catch 22 situation. The media belive they have latched onto a prospective story that will sell their papers/increase their viewers, and will milk it for what they think they can, often (NOTE!! I'm using the word often, not always) using poorly researched information, and relying on socalled "experts" or "eyewitnesses" who couldn't collaborate to get the story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" straight. The other side is that ATCOs aren't in a position to approach the media straight out and say "What you have printed is wrong, and here is why".