I read some articles about the "fake news" in the field of crypto - about 80% of these news are untruthful or twisted by the media management. It is essential for many news websites to create negative buzz since it gives them more "clicks" and curiosity from the users` side.
Journalists and ordinary people behave like this. They need comments, arguments, reviews, likes. This raises their rating. That's why they are interested in posting contentious information.