Scandal,bad news,sensationalism,its what sells news papers and other news outlets.But think about it its what we want to read about.
I remember many years ago when I spent some time in the US,a well known local journalist left the newspaper he was working for and started up his own paper.He thought he would make a killing by only printing GOOD news and HAPPY stories..It closed down within a year.
Supply and demand i,m afraid.as long as we want to pay to read this sad news then someone will sell it to us
For example,you go into the news agents to pick up a morning paper and you not sure which one to buy.
One papers headline reads FAMOUS MOVIE STAR COUGHT IN BED WITH MAID BY HIS WIFE.Another reads FAMOUS MOVIE STAR DONATES A LARGE SUM TO CHARITY Wich paper would YOU pick up.