The elephant in the room with fake news stories is that all this expectation of free information and adblockers led us to this point.

Real journalism costs money. You have writers, editors, and travel expenses for doing actual research for a news story.

Since nobody is paying for news anymore (and many more aren't even willing to see advertisements by using adblocker), the only way to make a living is through advertising.

Now, we have news outlets and blogs all fighting for advertisement clicks by creating more and more outrageous stories.

You can't adblock and entire article written for the sole purpose of advertising a service or product.