Interesting, thanks for relating this.
Lack of corroborating information is a big problem that nearly drives some of us nuts.
But when the entire media is compromised, almost, that makes corroboration a sticky wicket.
I am going to get flamed for this, but it is good advice: Watch some George Webb videos (with a critical eye) as he is beating around the edges of the entire mess and he brings some actual verified facts to light. He can be hard to follow but once you get what he is doing it's manageable.
The idea is, we have to scrape around in odd places for verification, for now.