I don't think bitcoin is understood enough to be properly portrayed in the news.
All the hype about getting rich with it detracts from the incredible invention that it is.
Bitcoin is the start and it is in an evolutionary state.
We are experiencing an accelerated moment in history...we are experiencing the story before it gets re-written.
Pay attention to how it gets portrayed then go back and decide who told the most informed truth.
Media, particularly television media channels cross all limits of stupidity. You really have to wonder whether these people are plain stupid or they actually have an agenda. Why the hell does Roger Ver get so much screen time? Can't they find a better "expert" or "ambassador" than someone who is known to lose his shit on online debates and brag about "I am a self made millionaire".
That just shows their intentions with bitcoin.
They just don't want to have a mature conversation about the privacy, decentralization and economic aspects of bitcoin. They are happy in portraying it as some kind of fringe libertarian thing. Hardly a matter of surprise but this is definite proof for those who doubt media's complicity in moulding public opinion according to the instructions from political masters.
If they really wanted to look, there is more than enough information available to make this an informed discussion rather than make it a circus of people looking for get-rich quick schemes. Well, I sure hope we get to judge them like your last sentence suggest. And the misleading ones have to pay for this somehow.