The tabloid press has an obligation to check it's sources?! Yeah, and if a frog had wings it wouldn't bump its arse when it hopped! Good luck with that.
But in any case, no, for something as completely mundane as saying people got drunk on holiday, they don't really need to check their sources as there is no comeback for it. The worst that could happen is a climb down.
Calling someone a paedo tends to cause more retaliation.
