I think that a lot of the purposeful exaggeration of these smokescreen like issues everywhere, are not necessarily with an ulterior motive, but in a banal sense

I think that a lot of the purposeful exaggeration of these smokescreen like issues everywhere, are not necessarily with an ulterior motive, but in a banal sense, just to make things more interesting to read or make the person or company reporting about the issue, seem more interesting and just for fighting these made up paper monsters.