K-Rod rumored to be in NY; MetsBlog disses the reporting newspaper

According to the newspaper "El Universal", Francisco Rodriguez is in New York for a physical exam, possibly prior to signing a contract with the Mets. This in itself is not big news, as I don't really take much heed to any of the "hot stove" rumors floating around. However, Matt Cerrone at MetsBlog had this so say about the rumor:

"...I hate when this happens…time and time again, reports from foreign newspapers indicate items that never come true, when dealing with the baseball rumor mill…yet, i have to post them, because you just never know.."

Look, I love MetsBlog, and it has done a great job of keeping track of all the Mets rumors this offseason. I posted saying as much last week. But to make a statement like this is to imply that the rumors provided by Jon Heyman, Ken Rosenthal, etc. are 100% accurate simply because they are from United States publications. Why should this rumor be discounted just because it's from a "foreign" newspaper? There are a myriad examples of the mainstream UNITED STATES media being totally wrong or providing conflicting reports. Off the top of my head, I was able to come up with the following:

1) Hours before the Mitchell Report is released, NBC posts a list of players implicated in the report (including Albert Pujols and Jeff Bagwell) which turns out to be completely false.

2) Chris Mortensen of ESPN says that the Buccaneers are going to acquire Brett Favre. The next day, Favre is traded to the Jets. Mort is generally wrong on his "breaking stories."

3) My personal favorite, from MLBTradeRumors on Nov. 5th:
9:42am: According to Dave van Dyck of the Chicago Tribune, the White Sox are aggressively shopping Javier Vazquez.
8:43pm: Ken Davidoff says the White Sox are not anxious to unload Vazquez.

The lesson in all of this is that these hot stove rumors should not be treated as anything but rumors. I feel like many fail to grasp this idea. Additionally, it is possible that some Met fans and blog readers are Venezuelan, and look to "El Universal" for their news. Heck, Johan Santana and Endy Chavez are Venezuelan. It can't make them feel too good to read that their country's newspaper (especially a reputable one that's been around since 1909) is being discredited simply for being foreign. Rant over.