[throw0101b]

> This is simply not true. There is no demand. That's why the news industry forced google, youtube, facebook, etc to push their product all over their platforms.

The product was already being produced pre-Internet, pre-television, pre-radio:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabloid_journalism

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism

A new distribution medium didn't cause it to be created.