Too bad that most people want dumb news. It is touching that some people make a valiant effort to create something intelligent, but the fact is, they will always be a struggling minority.
Even Hacker news is no exception: I constantly click on those "The most important thing you need to know" articles, against better knowledge. It is just the way the human brain is wired - therefore we will always read the sex gossip stuff and only occasionally force ourselves to read something more demanding.