Fact Checkers for Alum Magazines?

Are college alumni magazines considered ”the press”? They certainly are in the business of providing information, but, to be sure, one would be hard-pressed to find a single alum magazine in America that asks for confirmation or denial from the principals involved regarding their “stories.” It is generally assumed that information received regarding former students is of the friendly variety, except, alas, when it is not. From the New York Post:

”After what appears to be a college alumni prank, two New York men are suing their alma mater over an announcement in the school’s newsletter stating that they were ‘life partners’ who had been married.

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