It is my hypothesis that in their choice of stories, and the way they cover them, the media create a parody of science, for their own means.

The situation will be even more interesting as we all learn to realize that we can chose a self reinforcing scientific media diet which reinforces our worldviews. The fact is typically it is more economically viable for media to be blatently biased than it is for it to tell the truth.

Truth is boring & usually not as remarkable as an embelishment we make up. Citations = $$$