Media merely fanning the flames of which it knows nothing about.End of story.
The issue of Catholic dogma and the selection of the Pope is a real blow to the collective ego and psyche of the MSM because it reinforces how irrelevant and insignificant they really are. They cannot change the word and will of God and it drives them nuts. They are empowered and often subsidized and adulated because of their belief that they can and have made and destroyed presidents and other world leaders, but the Church remains above their grasp. Manipulation of public opinion may affect the number of adherents to the teachings, but it will not change the teachings. This drives them beyond rationality.