2. News channels and publications don't mean a thing. Besides the fact that personalities there don't understand what they're talking about, they lack research most of the time. Speaking on TV or writing on a newspaper doesn't mean knowledge.
Many altcoin projects are scam and if they are not actually scam, they apply exaggeration to over state about their project's promising technological evolutions.
From scam projects to scam Youtube channels and scammers on Youtube as well as their scam give aways, be careful. If you see scam Youtube channels, contribute with your reports and shut down those scam channels.