[jernfrost]

That is a natural outcome of the hyper capitalist world we currently live in. I have a mother who has been a journalist for over 40 years. I've heard for years about the pressure sell. Article titles often get changed against the will of journalists to be more click-bait like to sell more.

As people pay less for good journalism, and ad revenue is shrinking, the media is getting desperate to stay afloat.

Journalists today have significantly less independence than they had 15 years ago. Everything is far more controlled and geared towards sales.

I would like to see more alternative finance models for quality journalism.

Given how social media is actually starting to destroy democracy, it may be worth considering government grants to independent media organizations as a part of national defense. A democracy cannot function if the media is utterly broken. That means citizens are no longer capable of making informed decisions.