You also have to be patient because there are also a lot of people who will promote these events ONLY because they think it makes them look smart. Social Media is No 1 with this as you said.
Heck, just NOW on the news, the eclipse was first described as a Blood Moon, not as a total lunar eclipse. But this is the order of things that will get people's attention, not the way around that we would do things.
Yes, time to put my gear in the car