Where do these sensationalist morons come from?
To be fair, I suppose this is so often true of any report we read about our specialist field.
Moreover rarely are light aircraft accidents a big enough story for the agencies to committ any resources to ensure technical accuracy. It is simply fodder for the youngster to cut his teeth on.
If you were running a news agency you would have a tame pilot at the end of an email that could vet stories of this sort, but that is another story.