"Media" doesn't do this because they have a hidden agenda.* They are just following the profit motive. Click-bait gets clicks, which makes their ad-supported

"Media" doesn't do this because they have a hidden agenda.* They are just following the profit motive. Click-bait gets clicks, which makes their ad-supported model work. I think the line in that Bond movie is, "Give the people what they want." The way to fix this issue isn't to stop consuming news, it's to pay for the news that doesn't use click bait. Obviously it's worse in the Internet age but honestly I don't think it's new. You think back to the sensational headlines that the newsies were shouting out on street corners and it's really the same thing. * well, of course some do, but I'm talking 'real' news here