It seems to me that ordinary people are usually obsessed with scandals and drama, so I think Occam’s Razor says that journalists are also obsessed with them and report on them because that’s what they want to do. That is, I don’t think all journalists are secretly wishing they could ignore Donald Trump but regrettably recognize that their incentives point in another direction—I think they enjoy reporting on Donald Trump, so they do it.
It seems to me that ordinary people are usually obsessed with scandals and drama, so I think Occam’s Razor says that journalists are also obsessed with them and report on them because that’s what they want to do. That is, I don’t think all journalists are secretly wishing they could ignore Donald Trump but regrettably recognize that their incentives point in another direction—I think they enjoy reporting on Donald Trump, so they do it.