> Just to air a side gripe, I don't know why journalists and/or editors think statements like this are helpful in the least. Did you ask them 1 hour before your deadline? Was it a week ago?

I think this is an absolutely fair question. However, the Reuters story came out on Sat and simply cites another publication, which came out the same day. Reuters even said "request for comment outside of normal business hours". I'd say it's pretty clear that all of the following happened within the space of one Saturday: Reuters saw the FT story, pinged Facebook, didn't get an answer, published their own story. Personally, as a reader, I don't feel I'd learn much by having access to a more granular timeline.