Fair point, certainly were there is stuff in mainstream media the club should have a mechanism to challenge it, ultimately with litigation if necessary.
In that example though, I think eventually we need a fans mechanism to do that. The Club will always be nervous about challenging things not directly under their control, in case something embarrassing comes out that a fan has somehow misbehaved. If the Fan Ownership organisations and Community Interest groups ever sort themselves out, then it should provide a way of doing that.