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Eh? By whom?
I am guessing that it is (1) news outlets get main income from advertisers (2) advertisers pay 'per view' (3) news outlets create 'clickbait' stories to get lots of views (4) £millions changes hands via clickbait (5) clickbait uses crude emotion to hook engagement so evoking fear, envy, anger, lust, pity etc are what 'news' is about, not in-depth nuanced reports based on facts, arguments, reason, truth and other relatively unemotional stuff. You can do 'hot takes' or you can do investigative journalism. Britain used to be global leader on high quality journalism. Now we just churn out mindless, emotionally manipulative, 'soap opera' crud.
Everyone who profits off war and softer forms of imperialism. Prime examples are the defense industry, tech industry, and petroleum companies but many others benefit as well.
Any evidence to back up what you're saying?
Edit:
I see. Nevermind :-)
Why even ask this if you don't want answers? You seem to be rejecting or dismissing every attempt in this comment section.
What are you doing out of your tankie cage, trying to interact with normal people? Get back! Back I say!