Years ago, Big Pharma could NOT advertise on t.v. I think that money got the best of the news stations, and they could not turn away the lucrative enticements.
Well the legacy media would not be around if they didn't gin up money by any means necessary.
And the "new" online media do the same thing: I think 90+ percent of the Outrage Porn Of The Day (where they report, e.g., that peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, babies, and coffee drinking are racist) is intended as clickbait from frogs like us who can't just ignore the stupidity but have to click it, pass it along, and give them revenue and attention.
Years ago, Big Pharma could NOT advertise on t.v. I think that money got the best of the news stations, and they could not turn away the lucrative enticements.
Well the legacy media would not be around if they didn't gin up money by any means necessary.
And the "new" online media do the same thing: I think 90+ percent of the Outrage Porn Of The Day (where they report, e.g., that peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, babies, and coffee drinking are racist) is intended as clickbait from frogs like us who can't just ignore the stupidity but have to click it, pass it along, and give them revenue and attention.