@lauren I'm sure they are. "Ambulance chasing" by the media was pointed out to me by my grandmother in the early 1960s, and it's been going on for as long as newspapers have existed.
I have no doubt the media uses its influence to create train wrecks, like its wild-eyed support and coverage of the Trump clown-car in 2016. "Boy, this is going to create scandal like you won't believe. Whoo hoo!"