This is why we all should be skeptical of the media ( traditional and social ) as public skepticism is the only thing preventing mass hysteria. If the public were a tad bit more skeptical and didn't believe everything they read in news or social media, we would have avoided the wars of the past 15 years.

But every criticism of traditional media here gets flagged. Which is ridiculous for a "hacker" news site when you think about and the hacker ethos.