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tl;dr: she's been introducing slightly healthier products and sales have stoppend falling.

It's incredibly bizarre how plain old fashioned common sense business practices (be responsive to customer needs, sell things that turn a profit) are somehow seen as innovative and unique.

Thank you.

I can't put my finger on it but the first 1/4th of the article through me off.

It's because the headline teases you with the whisper that she was right about something, presumably controversial, but then the articles dances around for ages before revealing what it is.

Is there a term for this kind of "journalism?" I've heard it described before as being journalism for journalists or that the journalists have to fill a certain amount of space, so simple articles become wordy and tedious.

I see it all the time and hate it, but don't know how to describe it.

Yes, I believe the term is "churnalism." Stories which are primarily PR barely disguised. PR reps pitch stories to journalists and get them curated access to write a story. Lazy journalists go along needing to churn out stories regularly.

Similar to the agency problem except it's not a misalignment between managers and shareholders but between "operators" ie journalists and consumers.

The journalism suits the interest of the journalists and their managers and not the reader.

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