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QueerDuck

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10. You have a good eye for clickbait merchants and outrage farms...

Fri Jun 26, 2026, 10:22 AM

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... as well as the ones who spend 12 minutes reading a 2-minute press release, then reading it again and summarizing it, then analyzing it, then looping back to re-analyze it... all to make their video long enough to have a mid-roll ad inserted.

The big yellow arrows, the bright Impact font, the extra exclamation points, or use AI enhanced thumbnails that turn Betteridge's law of headlines into a pure art form

Key Concept The Rule: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no."
The Purpose: Journalists and questionable content creators use question headlines when they lack enough facts to make an actual assertion, but still want a sensational title to attract clicks.

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You have to subscribe in Independent Media if you want to get real analysis on what is going on [View all] hookaleft Thursday OP

Some of those sources are clickbait merchants and outrage farmers Fiendish Thingy Thursday #1

I disagree hookaleft Thursday #2

I said "some" Fiendish Thingy Thursday #5

Love MSNOW. Love the Guardian hookaleft Yesterday #9

I avoid like the plague the videos with the tendentious headlines and big red arrows. Ocelot II Thursday #6

I agree that Ben gets a little crazy hookaleft Yesterday #8

His presentation is extremely off-putting. It looks like the video equivalent of a supermarket tabloid. Ocelot II Yesterday #11

There are other contributers on his channel if you don't like Ben hookaleft Yesterday #17

I don't like videos, period. Ocelot II Yesterday #19

Then find the writers you like. hookaleft Yesterday #20

FT is Canadian so it's a different document. BannonsLiver Yesterday #14

ProPublica does the best investigative reporting AZProgressive Thursday #4

You have a good eye for clickbait merchants and outrage farms... QueerDuck Yesterday #10

Agreed. sedwin Thursday #3

All true - but what about a system that enables TBF Yesterday #7

Reign it in sedwin Yesterday #12

Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #15

Welcome to DU. NNadir Yesterday #16

1440 Question SheLiberal Yesterday #13

There are also some reliable sources canetoad Yesterday #18