Mass media caters to the popular demand, so what you see is likely a mirror of average lay interest in the economics (or, broader, in any knowledge about how th

Mass media caters to the popular demand, so what you see is likely a mirror of average lay interest in the economics (or, broader, in any knowledge about how the world works). For example, if a person believes that government is ought to get him, he will only read and watch the information that fits his belief, because chasing other opinions will just emotionally ruin his breakfast or a coffee break. Media is the entertainment, not the university where you go to change your world view. The reason some peope try to use media for non-entertainment is because other forms of knowledge lag months and years behind the present moment - so we have to extract knowledge from the entertainment. You can see it even on HN, where opinionated and anecdotal articles are regularly submitted and get to the top. There is no way to filter out accurately reported data from the entertainment pieces which were upvoted because they are relateable and fun.