Ads, the answer is always because we made the colossal error to build our information network around the ability to make money simply by drawing attention not specificity or accuracy.
I think you might find that newsprint was absolutely no different until recent times.
You might find that printed news is still absolutely no different.
I too wish we could go back to the time when people didn't tell tall-tales. :p
What do you mean?
It's sarcasm. He means people have always lied for attention and money and it's not something new created by the ads economy.
Answers not always Ads sometimes it's war. Whether it is reporting on the Gulf of Tonkin or WMDs in Iraq. Going back to the Spanish American War the Press has beat the drum of war and justified aggression overseas. They can turn their backs on it eventually like Vietnam and Iraq but at the start they repeat propaganda without hesitation