Well there is still hope. Buzzfeed is doing some good journalism now. To me it seems like the sensationalism is a necessary evil to make the big bucks but maybe

Well there is still hope. Buzzfeed is doing some good journalism now. To me it seems like the sensationalism is a necessary evil to make the big bucks but maybe the long, detailed articles are also necessary for reputational reasons. It pushes more responsibility for filtering out crap onto the reader but if it allows good journalism to survive then I'm okay with it. See good Guardian articles here: https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/the-long-read https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/the-long-read