As pilots we are quick to find fault with errant reporting in our area of expertise, but seem surprised to find these errors exist in almost all areas of reporting. We had a rather lengthy thread on the dreaded climate change a while back and it was remarkable not for the quality of factual information but for the almost total reliance on a certain film and a certain huckster promoting a certain "business".
Facts can be rather difficult to come by in an agenda driven movement with goals that have become far more important to the drivers than factual data.
Blatant disregard of facts when they don't fit the model of fear is an all too common event.