It’s easy to conflate the (extremely justified) criticism of the various editorial pages and pundits with the (sometimes justified) criticism of the reporting itself. Definitely some of that on here. Part of that is the news organizations themselves increasingly mix the two, but still.

I think people also underestimate how much the headline writing is automated A/B testing to drive engagement and how quickly low engagement stories fall off the front page. It's not just about the supply for reporting, it's about the demand, and our coalition love/hates age reporting