Pakistan, March 29 -- Kate Middleton has gone missing. The palace is in crisis. Why is artificial intelligence being used to post announcements? Did the future queen of the UK really use magazine covers from the years gone by to create family posts for social media? Would anyone like to raise their hand and admit that we, as media, have gone too far in our race for ratings? For the last few years, we have been told about the rise of clickbait journalism and how it would become a pressing concern in the dissemination of news and information now that everyone likes information at their fingertips.

Clickbait journalism, characterized by sensationalized or misleading headlines designed to attract a high volume of clicks, poses significant ri...