What was up with the phoney Man City HAS signed Berbatov reports?

I read it just before I went to bed, then when I awoke it was Man Utd had signed Berbatov. I thought I had halucinated or something. I don't recall having seen such blatant b/s in the media for a while, how dare they? How can they get away with it? I don't think the "oh we made a typo" excuse will cut it.