One reason is to draw clicks. But I'm realizing that another, even bigger reason is so that they can then write an "article" where they just say whatever someone said and it's "news" rather than an opinion piece because they're "reporting what someone said".
So they'll have an article like "Scrooge McDuck Slams Plan To Help Poor People", and the entire article will just be stuff like "poor people are lazy and this plan is stupid... McDuck argues."
One reason is to draw clicks. But I'm realizing that another, even bigger reason is so that they can then write an "article" where they just say whatever someone said and it's "news" rather than an opinion piece because they're "reporting what someone said".
So they'll have an article like "Scrooge McDuck Slams Plan To Help Poor People", and the entire article will just be stuff like "poor people are lazy and this plan is stupid... McDuck argues."
@Thorngraff_Ironbeard https://www.foxnews.com/media/wapo-columnist-roasts-media-covid-19-lab-theory-fail-readers this is a perfect example.