Cobbled together

The Telegraph has a story claiming that David Miliband is lining up Alan Milburn to be chancellor. I don't know if there's anything in it but I can't think of anything worse.

I'm beginning to see typographical errors as a sign that stories have been cobbled together. What does this mean?

At the weekend a leaked memo by Mr Blair criticising the "vacuity" of Labour under Mr Brown.

Of course, the confusion conceals the fact that the memo was from last autumn. Is this bad journalism or bad journalism?