But on the other hand, the whole class made less than 100 flights, which makes it more than a thousand times more deadly than the 737 MAX even with two thirds s

But on the other hand, the whole class made less than 100 flights, which makes it more than a thousand times more deadly than the 737 MAX even with two thirds surviving. So the bad reputation is not just the outcome of exceptional media coverage (I do wonder how the failure rate compares to it's fixed wing contemporaries though, they surely were quite terrible by today's standards as well)