DeeJayyEss
Unfortunately, as I mentioned above, most of these stories come in from other wire services (AAP, Reuters, etc). They don't have real journalists, and probably no journalists with aviation experience, so it's basically "a lie can circle the globe before the truth has even got its boots on" scenario.
There was a big mediawatch expose last year about it, but the on line content providers don't really care. It's a shame.