I agree but it takes 5 minutes to write an article about how 'terrifying' the latest tweet is by the president and that article will generate a lot of clicks to have a high margin on return so I don't expect to see this stuff go away.
They're a business and have to publish articles to make money and can't just sit on every thing waiting for a big story so I understand. I think all you can do is just ignore it.
But right now it's good for those sweet clicks. They have an audience who loves to get worked up about Trump, just as there's an audience that loves to get worked up about the kind of people who get worked up about Trump. They have their own content, too.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/01/28/does-journalis...
And accompanying interview with Jill Abramson.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/how-...
But, basically... yes, what you said. And newspapers mostly lack any credible business plan ideas that don't rely on this.
There is currently no real demonstrated business model to sustainably pay for good journalism. Some are hoping they can at least fund good journalism with clickbait and sponsored content... ugh.
I think most of those who work at the NYT would like Trump not to be president, and most of those who work at Fox News would like him to be president.
_Covering_ Trump is good for business for both of them though. And if Trump is out, there will be some other topics that are either way too.
Yea, but...
>The NY Times in particular has unfortunately been burning through that hard-earned credibility capital at an alarming rate
Ah, never mind you got it.
>More recently they have taken the bait proffered by Trump
How this isn't being observed by more people is stunning. 100% of the time, NYT, CNN, MSNBC, WaPo are running what they think is an effective awareness and information campaign - and is in reality going to cause scandal fatigue and hurt their credibility. Everyone complains about his Twitter... stop airing every single one of his tweets. In another two years, the country won't be on fire, and statistically Trump has a good chance at re-election.
All the media pearl clutching, faux-rage, and surface depth "activism" aren't helping... well, it's not helping them anyhow.