News Media's Changing Opinion

Several years ago when the network or cable news would report a U.F.O. sighting, they would basically laugh through the report, and make a joke of what the witnesses would say. Recently when U.F.O. sightings have been reported, the networks and cable outlets have been taking them more seriously, and they don't seem to discredit the witnesses. This is either a case of the media legitimizing the subject, or the reporters injecting their belief in the subject on air. Whichever the case, it is refreshing to see the subject treated like a legitimate news story, instead of a joke.