I think the main reason that stations like CNN are reporting it, then not, then reporting it, then saying it doesn't exist is clearly a lack of consequences.
When a "journalists" like these guys go on live, national T.V. completely uninformed and then proceed to spout their own dim witted ideas and opinions as if they are undisputed and verified fact, they don't even get a slap on the wrist. They get nothing. They go to work the next day, look at their inbox, see their complaints, and then delete them. Then they go on live, national T.V., and guess some more.
I'm all for "freedom of the press", but this lack of consequences is breeding a lack of responsibility. I don't think government intervention is the answer, but some more competition that points this crap out would be nice.