While intriguing as an idea, it falls apart once you think about it. She is a very smart woman and does know a lot about football, but she has never coached before. I could see her getting a position with a team of some sort for sure but not as a coach.
I really think they may have been going to contact her for a search committee position, not the actual HC position. Some moron heard something and ran with the wilder story. It may be an inept organization but even they would be unlikely to seriously interview someone with zero coaching experience.
Yes, let's blame the media.
I do in today's world of social media. Everybody is in too big of a hurry to break news. They don't take the time to verify anymore. Also, very shaky blogs are being used as source material these days. Anybody that can string a few words together is suddenly a journalist. Journalism has always had some hacks, see Furman Bisher. There are just way more of them in today's internet, instant satisfaction, climate. Even TV is much different than it once was. Go back to guys like Cronkite, no matter their personal beliefs, they did not let it affect their reporting of the news. They did not inject their opinion into the news, they just reported it. Now we have none of those types anymore, either they are pushing one party agenda or the other.