No, but it is really poor "journalism" for the New York Post to have run a story -- and, as of this moment, said story still appears on its website -- stating that law enforcement personnel believe that these two persons may be connected to the bombing, when law enforcement personnel had by that time already determined that the two were not connected.
I believe that that is the issue here.
This kid is going to own the NY Post after he sues them.
As late as last night, Fox News was reporting that law enforcement was seeking to identify these two guys and was passing around a photo of these two guys to other LEO (Fox News described them, did not show the photo).
I don’t know when the Late City Final was printed, but how do you know that when it was printed The Post knew these guys had been cleared by investigators? It may be true that the Post should be faulted for not updating and correcting sooner.
This Deadspin article engages in a logical fallacy, put forward in smarmy and condescending fashion, that if someone runs track they ipso facto cannot be a culprit. Huh? These guys may not be the bombers, but the reason would be because the evidence showed they did not plant the bombs, not just because they ran track.
LE has not made any public statements to that effect, AFAIK.