Regie,
As a person who has flown for over the past 40 years one would like to believe that the information in a MOD Press Release would be accurate. If those reporting have no knowledge of aviation they should have a "sensibility check" done on their reports.
There is nothing that looks worse and undermines credibility than inaccurate reporting. The media are meant to help not hinder. If simple facts are wrong why should any of it be believed?