[airborne]

"Why did he go to a wiring closet? Or did he?"

The state run media said he did! It must be true!!

(dripping with sarcasm)

[dead]

"Why did he go to a wiring closet? Or did he?"
The state run media said he did! It must be true!!

The contention that they sought access to the telephone closet was not an invention of the "state run media", it was in the official police report. It was a contention of Witness 1 to the police.

If it's not true, its not the mainstream media's fabrication, but either the arresting officer or the witness.