This morning, Axios media reporter Sara Fischer dropped one of the worst data analyses I can remember:
The media's obsession w "Succession" drew outsized coverage, disproportionate to reader interest
—While there's no question "Succession" was a hit, the coverage was likely driven more by media's obsession with its own industry rather than consumer interesthttps://t.co/NHWTNI3qzX— Sara Fischer (@sarafischer) June 6, 2023Beyond the innate humor of someone writing a clickbait article about a show they say doesn’t work as clickbait, just know (as Fischer does), that media outlets tend not to write 1,000 articles on a topic that doesn’t click well.