This happens with all the news, not only with this one. When your mom watched on TV that a young man was stabbed at the entrance of a disco, and didn't sleep in all the night until you arrived home on Saturdays, it is for the same reason. It doesn't mean that these events usually happen, but once you've heard about them your mind does the trick. So these stories are not very "informative", but news portals have a business to run.
I totally agree with you, the world we are in now, people put up certain things that might sell it get lots of clicks at the end of it. They make people to talk about it and they make their money from it. Well not that it doesn't happen though but certain people over exaggerate certain things and blows them into full proportions just to get the clicks and likes.