My explanation is that whatever bulevard medium needs to catch as many eyeballs as possible, so they can sell their addvertisement space at a higher price.
Therefore journalists are nuged to write very exceptional stories. And for this they want to be the first to publish and a backgroundcheck stands against fast publishing.
This is why there is bullevard and there is quality journalism, which is usually slower but writes based on more facts instead of attention.
This is why some press always will write extreme (and even false) titles and articles.
I think it is our job to choose media outlets, that have a good trackrecord. Since this is usually based on strategic decisions. Not luck.
