Mass media always had only 1

[Coronita]

Mass media always had only 1 goal. Capture as many eyeballs as it can so that it can sell more advertisements. This hasn't changed, just it's tactics.

Exciting headlines, grab eyeballs. That's why demented twisted, shocking stories are always page 1.

Similarly, most "financial" magazines are nothing more than a mechanism for generating ads. I don't think fortune, money, forbes are really "financial" magazines. It's paid advertisement. Very rare are any of their "predictions" accurate, but they do a great job of reporting yesterday's financial new, our yesterday's trend with the appearance of being "current" headlines.