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> Each article on a newspaper already provides the context

That doesn't work when the articles are optimized for creating fear and panic to drive "engagement". In the best case, it would look like they're trying to tastelessly profit from the problem - eg an ad for Suboxone.

Psychological manipulation does not require persistent personalized targeting, it just helps. Base consumerism is driven by contrasting a horrible hyperreality with stability/escape - the context of the ad must be different from the context of the story.