Why let facts [respectiveley lack of knowledge] get in the way of a good story?! Oh well, we live in a celebrity-obsessed and sensationalist society ... It's a sickening hypocrisy, but people absolutely love watching others fail. Taking pleasure from someone else's misfortune is most enjoyable, after all. Moreover, it takes their mind off their personal inadequacies. It also makes them feel better about their own miserable existence.