Well, much of that would better be called journalism than science, however, where it is science--that's science's workaday job--debunking things. I can prove that animals spoke the Kings English rather well 10,000 years ago if mere dispositive proof is our measure of truth--the historical sources are plentiful. "Proving" things is as easy as it is inconclusive. Disproving things, however, tends to stick, and to help us carve our way incrementally closer to the truth of nature.
I'm sorry your ox was gored, but goring oxen is what science is usually about when it is on its marks.
I agree, that most "debunkers" are just "junk scientists" and psuedo journalists. The REAL scientists are investigating such matters quitely and seriously.