As knowing someone else who works for the media I can personally tell you that this is how they get more viewers which is what they want.
They come up with insane and crazy headlines to attract more readers and honestly let’s all admit the truth that it definitely does bring in more readers and does the trick. Newspapers make crazy covers to get people to buy it and get attracted to it even if the Information inside the newspaper is all garbage. It did the trick and got the customer to buy the newspaper from the store.