FrostA slight tangent; I vividly remember being about twelve and directly knowing people involved in a story that made the national news. BBC coverage, etc. And I was totally shocked that the report was essentially... pure nonsense?
Not in the he-said, she-said way, but really basic, verifiable facts that had a massive impact on the story were wrong. Like 'John Doe has now been hospitalised as a result of the incident' when in reality, I'd spoken to him in his front garden about ten minutes before. Or when a woman labelled 'Jane Doe, neighbour' was interviewed as part of the segment... Except this was a completely different woman, who wasn't a neighbour at all and didn't know any of the involved people in the first place.
It was really quite shocking to me at the time, as I still fully believed that news was all verified and fact-checked. It was a real watershed moment to realise this wasn't the case at all.