Fingertip access to more information than ever in the history of the world has not proven to be the boon we once thought it was. Instead, the internet is an overwhelming, 24/7 onslaught of billions of voices all trying to be heard. It's more than any one person can handle.
You can't really fault people for doing their best to make sense of the cacophony, can you? It's just that, when big things happen — or lots of big things all at the same time — some folks out there might reach just a bit. Or, you know, a whole heck of a lot.