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AZJonnie

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13. I've gotten to the point where I just disregard headlines as anything but click-bait

Reply to ShazzieB (Reply #11)

Sat Dec 13, 2025, 12:06 AM

Dec 13

Especially with ANY youtube video, but also a lot of "print" type outfits. Major pubs like WaPo and NYT and mags like the Atlantic & New Yorker & Mother Jones are all usually pretty reliable but the competition for eyeballs has just become so fierce that everyone seems to be trying to out-hype each other, to the point where I consider a headline to be little better than a "clue" as to the content. And it makes me sad

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. dalton99a Dec 12 #1

Thanks. Such a brave woman. yellow dahlia Dec 12 #2

I don't have words to describe my rage because our country is being ripped apart 🤬 Deuxcents Dec 12 #3

I resort to the F-word often, because the words in the dictionary aren't strong enough yellow dahlia Dec 12 #4

Me, too. It does seem to put the emphasis on my feelings. I'd get zapped from here if I said what I really think Deuxcents Dec 12 #5

I hear you. yellow dahlia Dec 12 #6

May be more effective . . . AverageOldGuy Dec 12 #7

Re: May be more effective . . . alimbalt Dec 12 #8

She deserves an award DBoon Dec 12 #9

Hear! Hear! yellow dahlia Dec 12 #10

Whoever wrote that headline goofed. ShazzieB Dec 12 #11

I've gotten to the point where I just disregard headlines as anything but click-bait AZJonnie Dec 13 #13

One fine day DFW Dec 13 #12

By design too. czarjak Dec 13 #14

Right. Keep We the People in line. yellow dahlia Dec 13 #15

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