Their monetization models rely heavily on advertising and sensationalism, and much of it is the journalistic equivalent of SEO spam. Boring, sober analyses don'

Their monetization models rely heavily on advertising and sensationalism, and much of it is the journalistic equivalent of SEO spam. Boring, sober analyses don't sell clicks anymore, so it's all hyperpolarized doomsday headlines. That, and also seeing how disempowered the average American has become in terms of their ability to actually make any difference in the political or corporate world. It's just a dog-and-pony show in these waning days of democracy combined with ever-more-powerful corporate interests... the news really just serves as a way to reaffirm how helpless the overwhelming majority of us really are, no matter if it's the latest hot-button political topic, layoffs, return-to-office mandates, etc. The news helps the elites mirror each other's strategies and behaviors, while doing little more than instilling a sense of cyclic doom and gloom for the average Joe. They don't call it "doomscrolling" for nothing.