system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why are so many news websites formatted so badly?

It seems like it's intentional.
gpt
They're designed around two things- making you click on ads, and making you click on more articles. The confusing layout is, indeed, somewhat intentional. They don't want you to just read the article and close the webpage- they want you to get distracted by another headline, load another page, and possibly click on an ad or two by accident.