[Farmer Dean]

Dr Phil is rapidly becoming a royal PITA.He didn’t learn anything from his Brittany Spears fiasco.

[Rudder]

"In this case, certain staff members went beyond our guidelines (re the bail being paid). "These staff members have been spoken to and our policies reiterated. In addition, we have decided not to go forward with the story as our guidelines have been compromised."

It looks like the essential element on this story is that it was an ERROR.

That little fact should be reported as well, so that the reader will fully understand the context.