My parents and I have run into that more than once. It's almost as if these 'reporters' can't imagine a couple putting their son's best interests first and staying close so that he has both parents even if they aren't a couple. I mean it's not as if they were friends for years before I was born or have built a corporate empire together based off my father's fame as a survivalist.
One of them has a new boyfriend so of course they must be fighting constantly and it's their job to make sure everyone knows it. It's not something you ever really get used to is it? Even knowing that it's not true what they're reporting?