As for fear porn, I believe ‘they’ enjoy watching us react. My daughter’s senior year she brought home this snarly little lap dog. The cat got pleasure from ‘Im not touching you’ game. He would stare, sniff, or pat and the dog would go ballistic. It was entertainment for kitty. We are entertainment. There’s several narratives for everything. It’s a smorgasbord where we can pick and choose. Have you ever asked why?
It’s obviously to get a reaction, and drive public opinion in certain directions. It’s just unfortunate when so-called ‘journalists’ fail to do any basic research, or publish stuff they know is shady or outright wrong.