Heliport,
My initial reaction (accompanied by a surge of anger) was to do things like writing to the Editor, and "remonstrate" with him, providing a logical and measured explanation of why his article is wrong.
However, a brief moment of rational thought suggests to me that this would be exactly the sort of reaction that they would want, so that they could prolong the story and its "news" value. Upon reflection, I guess (hope) that it will be a 5-second wonder and will die a death, buried under the next "sexual celebrity revelation" over the weekend.
Just in case, though I thought it might be sensible to mention it to the BHAB. I left a message, as had the poor old operator who had got caught by this "exclusive".
I think the most effective action at the moment is to ignore it, and treat it with the contempt it deserves.