Connor, what you are describing there is not journalism. Crook has basically allowed himself to become some cukold clickbate marketeer, so please don't label him a journalist. He merely peddles public domain information and passes it off as 'news'. If that's what it takes to make a living these days the so be it, just don't pretend it is anything more.
Can't imagine Woodward and Bernstein / Washington Post giving up just because the White House didn't like the truth and instead focussing on WAG stories about the First Lady because it got more hits.
PS he also blocked me on Twitter after calling him our last Summer.