Yes, exactly. And people use the appearance of such stories as information, and basis ideas about policies on them. A topic like religious accommodation needs a more balanced source of information than the media.
What other sources are there?
Again, I admit I didn't see the video in question, but really, if it stopped short of the use of a Catherine Wheel then they should probably just deal with it. I am making the assumption, based on text in these posts, that it involved some kind of offense to sensibilities.