Reuters reporters were criticized by netizens for starting the wave of reports about survivors of the crash: their report of "screams" heard from the destroyed airplane on the ground quickly got picked up by dozens of other media outlets, many Russian media among them, but later turned out to be false.
Репортёры новостного агентства Reuters подверглись осуждению со стороны пользователей интернета за предоставленную ими информацию о пассажирах, которые якобы выжили в результате авиакатастрофы.