> But on the fringes, there are a lot of people who are writing articles, tutorials, and posts designed to help beginners learn the language (and usually how to program). The problem with this is that the majority of those authors frankly don't have a clue what they are talking about.

It's the most ubiquitous language, which leads to being the easiest to start with. Thing is, if people learn it wrong they're going to churn out crap. That's a vicious cycle.