These past few days, Twitter has been flooded with tweets about a certain scandal. Why is everyone so fixated on this one story? 1. The nature of this scandal is so egregious that it has sparked public outrage. 2. This scandal can generate traffic. 3. There's simply no market for it; everyone's got nothing better to do than beat up a "child" on a rainy day. 4. It's all about righteous indignation; people feel compelled to criticize anything they don't like. That's all I can think of for now. I'll leave the rest to you guys to add!