Whose fact?
Atually, for a change, the media did a good job.
It was all over the media shortly after the story was put out by the government.
It's in all the decent research on the government's story.
I'd have thought you'd be aware of such a basic, straightforward fact about the topic which you made such a strong statement on.
The government made itself look very silly for anyone looking deeper than the plastic wrap on that story.