Media coverage is negative only because that's what people like to click on. I think government regulation will only legitimize it and bring it to the masses.
News would be boring if it wasn't for the negative stuff.
All I'm saying that one should always question the motives of the media & not necessarily conclude a general opinion just by reading a bunch of articles that landed on the front page.
As for the exploit itself, it's hard to believe that in this day and age XSS is still a problem despite so many solutions & fixes for it.