So, you’re saying it generates clicks and views for a website that someone sells ads for? Totally weird. It’s like the people who reported on this news had another agenda other than the public good.
The other day we had a major newspaper reporting on cats who were abandoned on a subway platform. We still have international issues with Syria, the NSA still seems to have no problems spying on domestic citizens, and a week ago the government shut down. You can claim that the news media in general are sucking at their job, but to call out this one thing is like complaining about one drop in the bucket of water.