I agree. The "like and share" era + higher ad rates led to a proliferation of low quality, high division rags like Buzzfeed, Modern (not Original Flavor) Vice,

I agree. The "like and share" era + higher ad rates led to a proliferation of low quality, high division rags like Buzzfeed, Modern (not Original Flavor) Vice, Teen Vogue (?), Breitbart, etc. You make money via ragebait shared on Twitter/Facebook, and you crank it out. You find some issue that's a great wedge - or you manufacture one - and you fuck that chicken until it dies. Good riddance to bad rubbish. I hope the Right goes back to the WSJ and Economist, and the Left goes back to what the NYT used to be. What we have now is a big part of why our Republic is so divided.