> First, the discussion is about about news, not science (nor about general LLM behaviour).

What if science is the news, such as:

1. advancements in fusion power; or

2. progress/status of the Artemis missions; or

3. new LLM models and/or capabilities (e.g. Project Glasswing).

With things like that you typically have a press announcement/briefing, a research paper/publication, or both. That information is then presented in newspapers/media that may obscure, misrepresent, or overly generalize the original finding/announcement.

There may also be clarifications, retractions, etc. after publication, such as with the initial announcement/publication of the proof to Fermat's Last Theorem that initially had an error that was later corrected.