Crotalo: Well-put. Without a doubt, this would have quickly made CNN and many newspapers' 2nd or 3rd pages. Even large chunks of blue ice from the fuselage have made a much bigger media splash than this "reported" incident.
Many passengers spend many years flying without attempting to learn the difference between a small bumpy cumulus cloud and a thunderstorm, or showing the initiative to find out if gusty winds are the same as windshear (i.e. microburst).
Careful: you might let the air out of the media's "balloons", that is, the constant attempts to capture the local yokels' attention by spreading dis-information and choosing NOT to enlighten the flying public. The fact that many airline tickets cost not much more than a US Greyhound bus ticket will allow the media's half-truths and innuendos to be even easier to propagate.
