Is this even a Technology issue or just the journalist business model resetting to a point where their voice could reach anyone that can read and competition was fierce. To me it seems like we have reverted back to the yellow press.
It is driven by the same competition, but with article-level tracking rather than newspaper sales, the problem got worse. I don't know how to fix it either, but I agree with the author that its a huge problem. News and entertainment are basically the same thing now.