> they realized quality didn't matter as much as emotions and outrage and validating peoples own beliefs. No, that’s not a new phenomenon. Tabloids and politic

> they realized quality didn't matter as much as emotions and outrage and validating peoples own beliefs. No, that’s not a new phenomenon. Tabloids and political rags filled that market well before the Internet. News organizations aren’t static entities, they come in a wide variety of flavors.