"That is saying something more about her readership than her."

I remember when the respectable 'newspapers' National Enquirer and The Globe, often showed an image of The BAT BOY.

Usually there would be a headline which stated Bat Boy Escapes, Bat Boy Found in Cave or my all time fav: 'Half-Human half- Bat Boy locked up in Lab.'

Sometimes, if the grocery till lineup was long, and I needed some mirth, I'd pick one up, just to see what the writers had concocted.

Putting the 'newspaper' back was always embarrassing if witnessed.

Point being that maybe some people find Tessa's ravings entertaining or there's some kind of vicarious thrill taken from following her...I am thinking Roman Colosseum kind of thrill.

Like being on the other side of the plexiglass looking in during visiting hours

IOW, maybe she needs to be pitied rather than confronted.

Tony Atkinson entered into dialogue with logic, she responded with vitriol.