Par for the course I'm afraid. Reminds me of where policymakers present a full range of options including, for completeness, "thinking the unthinkable", such as cancelling a project. When it leaks, editors invariably headline it "Ministers consider cancelling x" which in one very strict sense is true, and helps sell papers, but is highly misleading.
Which reminds me, we must be overdue for a Winslow Wheeler rentaquote, surely? It's been at least a week.