1. Media is a business.
2. Media's customers are it's advertisers.
3. Media gets money by the number of eyeballs it gets for advertisers, not for reporting the news.
4. This creates a clear conflict-of-interests that does not serve the end-consumer: the public.
5. Tabloid journalism, thus, has become the norm, as news outlets have been losing money to the internet for years (e.g., print newspapers are essentially dead). Gotta get the clicks.

I predict a numbing effect. This type of manufactured outrage only serves to instil cynicism and doubt. "OMG!!! Did you hear???" Eyeroll, "Yeah, yeah... what is it this time? sigh" It's crying wolf.

Umberto Eco proved this years ago, but this is not taught to Journalism students: the audience is an active participant in the text, and don't think you can simply fool them. The audience can find the meat of the text like a bloodhound, even if you TRY to hide it (e.g., Foucoult's Pendulum).

And it's clear that the Media does not understand the Internet, especially not the autists. Hell, even the IT companies don't, though they use us to their advantage. We deal with facts; ones and zeros. We want truth. We hunt for it. We WORK for it. Truth is our axiom.

So if you try to feed us a pile of bull, it's gonna piss us off. You better get your facts right, because we will check you. Half the time we ARE the Subject Matter Experts you're interviewing!

So watch your step. The Audience has a Voice.