Aviation is not the only area to suffer from sensationalism but we are rather in the firing line. As a journalist I suppose I have to take some of the blame for the rest of the industry but fortunately I have not been put in the position where I have had to create stories which over sensationalise. The drive for a good story can often get in the way of sensible, calm, analysis. I posted here on a similar subject when a local newspaper known to me hired a light aircraft which they then directed to fly low over a nuclear power station. You can blame journalists but some blame must also lie with those who assist journos in creating nonsense even if they only do it through ignorance.