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Either it's news or it isn't. This is news. Give it a rest already.
While I generally agree, it's not always the case. News networks will drum up stories like these all the time from a "report" or "undisclosed source" to push an agenda or spice up a slow news day. Just because other new orgs pick up on it doesn't make it any more of a fact, unless they're doing their own verification which sadly I don't think is done enough.
Well, then it in "not news", no? Regardless of whether it shows up on Fox or in the NYT.