I wouldn't take anything MTV says personally, it's hard to even remember when they did anything involving music period (excluding the music icons and the 4 am reels of videos that MTV and VH1 do).
I remember a few days ago when a radio station down by me announced the breakup, they said that mark tremonti was the bassist, brian marshall was the former lead guitarist, and that myles kennedy was from a band called the "Mayflower Four".
I don't take it personally, i just laugh at the broadcasters who can't read information (most likely) handed to them on a flash card.
You'd be surprised how much less annoying radio would be if all the broadcasters were required to have at least a 6th grade reading level
