I'm not sure it's insane. Reporters just do their job. They're not experts on anything other than, reporting. I once heard a reporter ask a scientist, "How did the water on Mars get there? Did it rain or something?" They often don't know what they're talking about, and don't know what kind of questions to ask.

If I was taking a position, when it comes to information, I'd say everything, from all directions, is unreliable.

Just looking around this comment section I see a tweet suggesting there were two more toxic spills involving trains. Doing my own research led me to discover that's not accurate. Also learned there are roughly 1700 derailments annually but looking around the internet, I'm seeing people acting like it's unusual or alarming.

Toxic spills are nasty and quite common on their own, without alarming clickbait headlines. I'm seeing this being compared to Chernobyl. That's pushing it but of course that sort of thing gets high ratings in social media. Volcanoes release hydrogen chloride as well. Millions of years worth compared to one tiny manmade train car explosion. Hydrochloric acid works great removing hard water stains from the toilet. And most of that shit was probably in the cigarettes I smoked for twenty years...

Maybe I'm just desensitized.