At least most people hold journos higher in the pecking order than wheel-clampers or airport security jobsworths!!
Regrettably there are some well known journos who just trot out something they've picked up and publish anything for a story, even if it's glaringly wrong and riddled with inaccuracies: 'Giant Jet in horror death plunge, millions put at risk' when ATC merely requested an expeditious descent and that sort of thing!
If cousin Nigel has been reading this thread and has access to Concorde planning data, could he please confirm the RTOW for the accident aircraft using the actual W/V (090/08), OAT and QNH passed to the crew?