What we measure, determines what gets maximized (or minimized, if it's something we don't like). The factfulness of an article, or how well informed the reader is after they read it, are not easily measured. The clicks, are now easy to measure. What gets maximized, is the clicks.

It would be nice if we had a news source with a feature (opt in) where the reader got an email quiz the next day, asking just a few questions about the facts in the article. The feedback loop would tell us which articles actually make the reader better informed.