Journalists were totally happy to play along with twitter wars. Journalists know it's perfectly easy on Twitter to find what is effectively the most extreme one % of the population. And they've used that to construct convenient stories, which doesn't require any shoe leather. In journalists, they'll keep the scandal going for as long as possible,. citing cause to resign on behalf of some offended group might have made. They've played that out for column inches for ten fucking years. Then when the journalists themselves now find it's actually impinging on their own right toe, right? Free.