Hi WVMM. The Today show suggested that someone, either a company official or someone from the governor's office, got on a cell phone and called into the church with the news.
Even the radio host I cited earlier with his call for more gov't regs said that the gov got his info from the families in the church (who got mistaken and unofficial info from, well, it's not clear where), and so did the press. The company hadn't released any info because it didn't have hard facts.