"So, are you saying the Bible is wrong? "
I seem to remember one of the disciples, denying Jesus three times after the crucifixion. Yet, he was not condemned. Instead, he was the "Rock," and went on to build the church.
He was crucified, himself, later on. But, in the crucial time after the crucifixion, Peter denied Jesus, not once, but three times.
I'm really sorry, but from my understanding of Christianity, you are in no position to criticize these newsmen at all. It's unseemly.
Peter denied Jesus while Jesus was imprisoned, not after he was crucified. Jesus himself foretold Peter of this, and Jesus himself forgave him after his resurrection. Afterwards, Peter did in fact become the rock of the Church, until he was martyred preaching the same faith he denied previously.
The early Church spread not because of violence on the believer's part, as in Islam, but on the testimony of people who were willing to be killed for preaching their faith, such as Peter.
Sitting here comfortably I can't say with certainty that I would have done something other than what the reporters did, but I can say that it was wrong to convert simply to save one's life. It means that the ultimate Truth, God or Allah is a trivial issue compared to one's immediate needs, when actually the opposite is true. The reporters didn't change their faith as much as they were tested, and found that they had no real faith at all.