I agree that any type of media attention that portrays us as either amazing super humans or pathetic sub humans deserving of sympathy is not helpful or welcome.
I hesitate to hold the blind individuals that are featured in the media completely responsible. I didn’t see this particular piece, so I don’t know what was said, but anyone who has been interviewed by the media probably knows how what you say can be distorted.
I tend to think clicking is annoying as well, but I think my feeling about it is totally irrational and unacceptable. Why? Because then I am judging another person for using an alternative technique they find useful. Just because it’s different doesn’t mean it’s bad. Just because I’m uncomfortable with it doesn’t mean it is bad. If I allow myself to judge other people with disabilities, then I have no right to be upset with sighted people who are uncomfortable and disdainful of the alternative techniques I need to use, just because they are different from theirs.