Stormy Daniels
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Do not click the link. Don't feed the garbage. I present it only for evidentiary purposes.
See, I fell for the plot initially. I see this headline and think to myself, "how in the hell can both these statements be true?"
But by the time the link opened, it hit me that I'd been played. They know the headline is ridiculous. They know the headline contradicts itself. They want it that way so they can straddle both sides of the fence. They figure that this will speak to more people that way--particularly for search engine results. If someone does a google search for something like "Biden Russia better than planned" then this headline is well optimized to possibly pop up. If someone does a google search for "Biden success elusive" then this same article is an equally good candidate to be a top result. It's also great for organic clicks. A Democrat could quickly glance and see what they want (Biden, better, planned) and so could a Republicans (Biden, success elusive), leading to a click.
And that's where the usefulness of this article ends for both the publisher and the consumer. Because when you click it you get 1200 words of old information that has already been widely reported a million times over. The article is nothing more than an excuse for having a link that gets clicked. And if you think about it, that's ALL news nowadays. I swear, if I see one more link headline that says "Here's what we know" I'm going to put a hammer through my screen.
We can't complain about fake (i.e. untruthful) news if we're going to settle for fake (i.e. garbage masquerading as) news.
Biden's Russia policy is going better than planned. Success remains painfully elusive.
See, I fell for the plot initially. I see this headline and think to myself, "how in the hell can both these statements be true?"
But by the time the link opened, it hit me that I'd been played. They know the headline is ridiculous. They know the headline contradicts itself. They want it that way so they can straddle both sides of the fence. They figure that this will speak to more people that way--particularly for search engine results. If someone does a google search for something like "Biden Russia better than planned" then this headline is well optimized to possibly pop up. If someone does a google search for "Biden success elusive" then this same article is an equally good candidate to be a top result. It's also great for organic clicks. A Democrat could quickly glance and see what they want (Biden, better, planned) and so could a Republicans (Biden, success elusive), leading to a click.
And that's where the usefulness of this article ends for both the publisher and the consumer. Because when you click it you get 1200 words of old information that has already been widely reported a million times over. The article is nothing more than an excuse for having a link that gets clicked. And if you think about it, that's ALL news nowadays. I swear, if I see one more link headline that says "Here's what we know" I'm going to put a hammer through my screen.
We can't complain about fake (i.e. untruthful) news if we're going to settle for fake (i.e. garbage masquerading as) news.
Biden's Russia policy is going better than planned. Success remains painfully elusive.
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