http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4655196.stm

"In this day and age it is impossible to prevent stories that are fed abroad as part of psychological operations propaganda from blowing back into the United States - even though they were directed abroad," says Kristin Adair of the National Security Archive.

Har har har to your freedom.

Good, pre-emptive excuse there if they get caught out pushing a story.  "Oh, that was intended for foreigners."

That's what happens when people passing on news they've heard don't think critically.