Those people are idiots. You always need to check the credentials and history of people telling you something, and even then - if they’re an expert in security they may know nothing about electronics or explosives or how secret agencies operate.
And yes, news can be really unreliable - on purpose or just out of mistakes. Gotta always keep that in mind as well, but it also reeeally depends on the particular media company.
Your command needs to look something like this:
nmap -Pn -sVC -p- (IP) -o scan
-Pn skips the availability check per ping
-sVC performs a version and a script scan so you get more information
-p- scans ALL ports
-o puts out a file called scan.nmap
If you want you can share that output afterwards for further info.
Edit: You can also try enumerating the directories on the server if you find no content. I can help you with that if you want.