<entry id="2277963" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
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<ent_seq>2858834</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>飛ばし記事</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>トバシ記事</keb>
<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>とばし記事</keb>
<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>とばしきじ</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<gloss>article based on unconfirmed reports</gloss>
<gloss>unsubstantiated news story</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2023-09-22 04:38:44" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Stephen Kraus</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>sankoku (entry for 飛ばし):
  きちんとした根拠のない情報にもとづく記事。
daijirin:
  事実であることを確認しないで書かれた記事。飛ばし。

jitsuyou also has a lengthy explanation. Rather than outright fake or bogus news stories, it sounds like this often refers to stories based upon sources that the journalist trusts but cannot reveal.

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーー─┬───────┬───────╮
│ 飛ばし記事 │ 5,511 │ 88.7% │
│ トバシ記事 │   414 │  6.7% │
│ とばし記事 │   262 │  4.2% │
│ とばしきじ │    28 │  0.5% │
╰─ーーーーー─┴───────┴───────╯</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-09-24 22:17:53" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>unsubstantiated is probably better than speculative.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>KOD: an 「unconfirmed [unsubstantiated] story; an article based on unconfirmed reports.</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -20 +20 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;speculative news story&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;unsubstantiated news story&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-09-25 22:25:30" stat="A">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>It's specifically an article. I think we should lead with this gloss.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -19,0 +20 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;article based on unconfirmed reports&lt;/gloss&gt;
@@ -21 +21,0 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;unconfirmed report&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>