Media circus, media hype, orgy, and feeding frenzy describes a news event where the media coverage is perceived to be out of proportion to the event being covered, such as the number of reporters at the scene, the amount of news media published or broadcast, and the level of media . The term is meant to critique the media by comparing it to a circus and, as such, is an idiom and not an objective observation
An orgy is a party in which people behave in a very uncontrolled way, especially one involving sexual activity. a drunken orgy
See Orgies a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity any act of immoderate indulgence; "an orgy of shopping"; "an emotional binge"; "a splurge of spending
{i} gathering at which the participants take part in wild revelry and debauchery, party with excessive drinking and promiscuity; any activity which is done in a extravagantly indulgent way; sacred religious rites of worship that included wantonness and wild promiscuity (Greek Mythology)
emphasis You can refer to an activity as an orgy of that activity to emphasize that it is done to an excessive extent. One eye-witness said the rioters were engaged in an orgy of destruction
any act of immoderate indulgence; "an orgy of shopping"; "an emotional binge"; "a splurge of spending"
secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity