They're calling it a way to get "free bitcoins". Good job OP. I don't suppose you'd "fully disclose" that the "exploit" as you call it, is not, in fact, a way to get "free bitcoins". I don't suppose you'd bother to correct the misinformation you've fostered.
You can't blame him for 'journalists' writing about matter they have little to no knowledge about.
Oh I very much CAN blame him, as he started the false implication. The journalist was merely repeating (accurately) what he read in the OP.