I don't think it's either. I think that for many now journalism is reduced to counting clicks and selling ads. This is why legitimately "fake news" has gained s

I don't think it's either. I think that for many now journalism is reduced to counting clicks and selling ads. This is why legitimately "fake news" has gained so much sway especially on social networks. Print a story with a headline that people want to read and they will click on it, truth takes a backseat to currency. Easiest way to do that is to write something supporting someones deeply held belief or fear. Now I don't think that the major news organizations purposely publish fake stories but as another poster said, a little sensationalism while conveying an otherwise truthful story helps to encourage clicks and improves a papers bottom line. With the ongoing demise of print and the rise of competition on the web, legitimate news organizations are attempting to compete and survive and often that means employing some of the methods that we find distasteful but are proven to work.