I think this may be more a case of "Journo has slow day, decides to fill boring, non-story with innuendo"

( Noit happy baby orangutan, Sat 4 Jul 2009, 22:13, archived)

Best one of those I remember
Was when I worked for a local newspaper and a story hidden in the back pages about Nicky Butt being omitted from the England squad against Greece was headlined, "Butt feels left out as England go Greek."
( Lord Gnome, Sat 4 Jul 2009, 22:16, archived)