Newspapers and news agencies get most of there news fed to them by the government. Thats why the stories in the paper coincide with what you see on tv also the different agencies usually all cover the same stuff. They got the story early and ran with it. Without even looking behind them. How would they have that story. Being sorry doesn't make them psychic.
That building had been evacuated for over two hours before it fell because the people on the ground could see the sides bulging, see the damage and hear the building groaning. They got out because it was going to fall down. The BBC report came 20 minutes before the actual collapse but everyone knew it was coming.