This is beyond simply saying "newspapers do this to make more money!" and "If it bleeds, it leads!" Given changing demographics of who buys newspapers, it *costs* newspapers money to push this tired, debunked, racist narrative.?
Newspapers are starting initiatives to "win young Black and brown people over."
vanityfair.com/news/2021/09/inside-ag-sulzbergers-top-times-project
This initiative is so incredibly misguided that it's bound to fail.