Poe & the press

From the short story (the second featuring Dupin, and ratiocination -- I wonder how many people think of Poe, who invented the genre, when they think of detective fiction) The Mystery of Marie Roget:

We should bear in mind that, in general, it is the object of our newspapers rather to create a sensation -- to make a point -- than to further the cause of truth. The latter end is only pursued when it seems coincident with the former.

How little things have changed...