@Sevoris Again, you're assuming it's a consumer choice driving the decision to turn the whole internet into this. It's just math, more headlines, gives more opportunity to click. Nobody is clicking on those headlines saying "yes what I WANT is a 400 word fact free blog post with 3 Twitter links" - that's just all they've got.
The consumer's preference is not at all a factor. It's a business decision. More headlines, more clicks. That's how the internet itself works.