The reason why headlines are misleading is because these businesses need to attract readers in order to continue to exist, and readers demand exaggerated headlines.
“The reason why I am selling fake cancer cures is that I need to sell them to continue to exist, and my customer base demands fake cancer cures.”
Customers don’t either demand fake cancer cures or misleading headlines.
“Customers have a demand, and because of their demand they voluntarily buy X” is not equivalent to “customers demand X” if the customers are being defrauded.
“The reason why I am selling fake cancer cures is that I need to sell them to continue to exist, and my customer base demands fake cancer cures.”
Customers don’t either demand fake cancer cures or misleading headlines.
“Customers have a demand, and because of their demand they voluntarily buy X” is not equivalent to “customers demand X” if the customers are being defrauded.