@AskTheDevil Or the papers don't really know and report what they heard, which may or may not actually be true.
@poemblaze But yes, as you say, they may just be reporting what they heard, whether it's true or not.
@AskTheDevil True
@AskTheDevil I was just being difficult I suppose.
@poemblaze In the US, at least, "leaking" to the newspapers is just a normal way to say what you'd like to hear in the papers.