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The problem is that even a broken clock is correct twice a day. And for the sort of people who follow conspiracy theory whackjobs, that's all they need.

A STOPPED clock is correct twice a day, as long as you already know what the time is you can tell that the clock is right at this time.

A broken clock will always be wrong. Even if you already know what the time it, the fact that the broken clock looks like it is working will lead you to wanting to believe that it might be right just this once.

Stopped clocks are generally considered to be a subset of broken clocks.

My apologies for not being extremely pedantic about my definitions in an allegory.

24 != "almost 200"

Insane people/outrage feeders will only be tolerated if they serve an establishment agenda.

No, but even if the crazy person is correct in this instance, I'm still not relying on them for political/personal safety/vitamin/any other information of any consequence.

Relying on any one source of info is probably a bad idea. Getting news from multiple outlets with multiple slants is a more robust approach.