The basic design of "News" be it print, audio/visual, or other it to gain attention; bombastic, scuttlebutt, gossip, accusatory, sensationalism, et.al. ALL attract from simple Human Nature...They know it's inflammatory rhetoric, but it commands an audience that's the sublime goal of the Advertisers that pay for the Service.
Sure there are accurate, insightful, and genuinely philanthropic stories to be found, has to be, however the Headlines always proclaim that which garners the most attention.