What do you mean you are open?

Had lunch today with a friend at one of my favorite restaurants, a little Cuban Restaurant in an out of the way area. A friend of mine had told me he had heard it was closed. We called ahead and then showed up after learning it was indeed open. After lunch we asked about the rumor. It seems that the local paper ran an article saying that the restaurant had closed after 18 years and if you wanted cuban food to try a place that just opened up. The careless reporter claims he received some emails saying the restaurant was closed so he ran the story. He never called to check if it was true or not just ran the story. The paper ran a retraction (probably buried somewhere hard to find) but business has been slower than normal since the story ran. Makes you wonder about the validity of what you read in this paper doesnt it?