Part of the problem is surely the decline in the public education system. It’s just not churning out as many skilled people as it used it. Additionally, I suspect that there are a number of careers (ex. journalist) that simply don’t attract intelligent, decent people the way they used to. In short, the people writing this crap are the dregs.
LOL, yeah kinda like being a meteorologist and getting the forecast wrong but still get to keep their job.