to publish an article that Madonna is actually Lorne Green in disguise and they call Madonna for a confirmation and she hangs up on them as opposed to validating them as a publication of note, this means the article is true? Your assumption that lack of rebuttal validates information is simply wrong.
Interesting take on Journalism 101 you have there. Journalism 101 involves confirmations of material. She offers no source for her information. It is she who fails journalism 101.