Charlie, you seem to be saying that you do agree that it is the case, although you can’t understand why it should be that way.
Besides for people following celebrities, there is another issue. When people see something acted out in 3D they get convinced very fast. Alot of ideas got universaly accepted that way. They show you things on the screen and then you feel like a first hand witness. In general it is not that hard to get people excited over something. Had it been that hard, we wouldn’t have had all those pogroms, crusades and organized killings.