At one point in time, TV stations would only send out push alerts for real breaking news.

If you got an alert, you knew that it was likely something that you needed to pay attention to.

But now, TV stations send out complete nonsense as a push alert in an effort to drive traffic to their website.

Here is an example of ABC O&O KGO in San Francisco and their push alert:

May we recommend a book for stations to read before sending out their next push alert: