With the prevalence now of many competing 24hr news channels editors are desperate to fill air time. Airliner incidents are an editor's dream because the layman does not understand them so... the news channel can fill extensive air time with ill-informed experts and speculation.
Whilst the banks have behaved in an appalling profession manner with irresponsible lending, the news channels are to blame for 2/3 of the financial fallout due to their incessant reporting and the damage it has had on market confidence.