Unfortunately it is not just the media who have little understanding. I was involved on the fringes of the news business for many years and in every single time I knew about what was printed the facts were distorted mildly or just plain wrong but I have to say it was frequently because the sources were ambiguous or themselves not knowledgeable. There is a humourous side to this too and it would be a pity to do without it. My favourite occurred last year.
"Hero Mountie saves the day after moose strike."
"A Mountie working with the US police saved the day by kicking out the jammed door of a learjet which left the runway in Oregon and burst into flames after striking a moose during take off." a police spokesman in Vanvouver said today. He went on
"He's a big guy, over 6'1" and always good in a crisis. We're glad the incident wasn't more serious. It would have been a different matter if they had struck the moose after take off."
That might have caused an inquiry at ATC?