Mountains out of molehills?

I am increasingly concerned at the way the media are seeking to make the news rather than simply report it.  I am no supporter of UKIP as previous posts will attest and Godfrey Bloom does seem to be a bit of a political and social dinosaur, but I have to feel sympathy with him over this "sluts" business.  If you examine a transcript of what was said it is clear that the word was used as part of a throw-away remark which was intended to be humorous and, more to the point, was unquestioningly accepted as such by those present.  But the media have got hold of it, blown it out of proportion, lined up people who weren't even there to make hostile negative comments about it, and Nigel Farage who, whatever you think of him is usually sure-footed when it comes to assessing the public mood, has more or less been forced into throwing him to the wolves.  So - media 1, objective facts 0 methinks.