Actually many news reporters ("journalists") I have seen both on an international or national level or agency don't always have the best WRITTEN skills. They are skilled at information gathering (who said getting it wrong in the cheap seats), articulating the key points and ferreting out information but their technical language skills can be variable. That is why there are the often rare specious called Sub Editors. Of course in this digital age where the world and his dog can publish the older craft skills are lessened.
But to pick on a journo here for a typo is a bit pissy. What about the great pilots who pay attention to detail. Should they be picked on for routine typo failiures. Else should one assume a typo here is just the same when putting info in the flight computers. Of course not.
But let's find out where the fragrant inquisitor is from first before casting oil