Because even once respected outlets seem to be hiring people who have spent their entire childhoods on SA and 4chan, whose only real skill is gaining attention

Because even once respected outlets seem to be hiring people who have spent their entire childhoods on SA and 4chan, whose only real skill is gaining attention by negative social manipulation. Clickbait is more than sensationalized headlines these days. The entire media, regardless of place on the political spectrum - and much non-news media - seems to have embraced what was once the domain of talk radio hosts.