Discussion and speculation are not one and the same thing. And calling discussion -- and even included speculation -- "fake news" is just amusing commentary that makes no point in this case other than to be part of a smoke and mirrors campaign.

A 2-year-old child is not entitled to be a lap-child on DL, and such child is required to have a ticketed seat on the flight. A child even younger than two years of age may have a ticketed seat. That isn't fake news.

Unlike with fake news, there is recorded evidence of this actual incident.