It goes back to the 'first they ignore you...' line of thinking.
 
knowing TPTB, numbers must be in the millions rather than the hundreds of thousands in order to generate this sort of response. I consider this to be a panic response. 
 
 
Notice how they automatically classify anyone who thinks along those lines as the 'enemy'. Notice the point of view that it is being written from. It is not journalism. It is not merely being reported on. It is being targeted and denigrated by the media.