And that is the ultimate "Dog Bites Man" story. The business model of commercial journalism is to position journalism--thus its customers as well--as serious and significant. That's "sizzle" which they sell, but the "steak" which they actually deliver is "Man Bites Dog" (superficial) and "Drinking Water May Be Contaminated" (scary) stories.If half the propaganda deployed in favor of the Kyoto treaty had been deployed against Hitler in the early/mid 1930s, "the Unnecessary War" (as Churchill syled it) would have been prevented. Likewise for Osamma bin Laden and the WTC/Pentagon disaster.
The reason that consistently happens is that it's so much easier--and safer--to attack home-grown conservatives than it is to depart from the safety of pack journalism and search out and attack an actual villain.