Why does this happen?

Factual information can create conflicts because there are people who can benefit from the conflict or there are something under the truth. What the media is demonstrating is what media wants people to see actually even if it is not true, which means media literacy plays an important role when people are using media to know and learn. Due to the supervision and laws, sometimes people could not see what really happens and different media companies have different ways to deal with information, which leads to a situation which people can see multiple versions of one piece of information online. It becomes easier to create conflicts among people who have seen different versions of information. Overall, what they did also creates huge amount of attention.

What is the benefit of having a PLN that values media literacy?

Media literacy can develope critical thinking and skeptical quality for people when they are using media to either learn or entertain. Furthermore, people can learn how the world works, which can help them interact with the real world better. However, people still need to remember that social media is somewhat different from the real world. People need to change their way of thinking flexibly when they interact with the social media and the real world, which is also a good quality of people.