OK, that is a fair point. I see where you are coming from now.

I think that the media in general don't really understand what bitcoin is or why your might want some. In that vein, they simply look for a sensational story and try to drive some attention to their properties to generate ad revenue.

I am currently thinking ignorance rather than anything else, unless they were part of bitcoin, they will not really understand and if they are part of it, then they would not publish such pieces.

I am not sure I have all that much to add, except to say:

If we end up in a situation where the dollar looses its reserve currency status, I am not sure that BTC will be all that useful, as I am sure there will be all kind of other fallout.