Fake News #45857

When I open my Edge browser, it starts with an msn "news" page (that's a story for another day), with aggregated stores from various sources.  I've noticed lately that every day it seems to be highlighting negative economic news.  Usually company closures, layoffs and the sort.  Occasionally I bite on the clickbait, and find it's either overstated, or downright lying. Today, for instance:

Yikes, sound ominous, huh.  Popular store "closing all locations"!  So I bit, to see who, and why.  The answer:  The "popular" convenience store is "Kum and Go".  They are being rebranded as Maverik after being bought in August 2023. The actual linked article makes no mention of any location closing.  So 2 years ago, one C-Store company bought out another, and they are now rebranding those stores to the new corporate image.  

The question is: why do "news" outlets outright lie in their headlines?  I understand click-bait, and wanting to draw eyes.  But there's a big difference between hyperbole and outright lying.  I guess they won, they got me to click through.  But it really ticks me off.