Take a step further: Human attention has become a currency more than ever before, and pandering to human biases is one way media companies have learned to earn

Take a step further: Human attention has become a currency more than ever before, and pandering to human biases is one way media companies have learned to earn that currency. You used to need substantial capital to earn the reputation as a serious news organization, but now the barrier to entry is a vaguely-authoritative domain name and social media accounts.