> it could be more motivated by making sales through sensationalism than contributing to the record of knowledge through scholarship. Unfortunately, you've als

> it could be more motivated by making sales through sensationalism than contributing to the record of knowledge through scholarship. Unfortunately, you've also just described all* modern media/journalism outfits, too. *All is not literal, but a close approximation when weighted by readership/viewership. I don't discount that real scholarship exists, but it only exists in small lagoons of the internet, and widespread attention seems to purge the serious scholarship away from previously good outlets.