She did WHAT with an umbrella?

[Onkel Neal]

Has anyone else notice the proliferation of news headlines that go like this:


What happened to Julie in the cab?
Ten celebrities who had wardrobe issues.
Most common missing gifts.
Jennifer Lawrence did WHAT at 13?
They should have known better than this!
25 apps you should download now.
Top ten most useless degrees.
Girls Need to STOP Posting These 20 Types of Pictures
25 Epic Photobombs that will leave you laughing out loud.


At the end of nearly every news article I read, there are thsee little teasers, and they are pretty compelling. For a while I found myself clicking and reading but as I have grown aware of this new trend, I am ignoring them. I wonder of there is a name for this type of technique, what do journalists call it. It would be pretty interesting to read an article explaining how this got momentum and became so common.

[Wolferz]

At the risk of sounding chauvinistic...
I think it's called "Womanizing the news."
MSNBC seems to be a flagrant user of this technique.:O:

[kranz]

nope, because news headlines>>subsim GT headlines.

[razark]

At the end of nearly every news article I read...
At the end? I've seen these as headlines on CNN's main page!

Of course, the "Jennifer Lawrence did WHAT at 13?" was a clip from Conan O'Brien's show. I've noticed a lot of those lately, too. I guess CNN and that show/network are owned by the same company.

[Betonov]

Not just CNN and US media. Same crap is used here :nope:

[Sailor Steve]

Yeah, I've seen 'em. :dead:

[Wolferz]

Pretty sad commentary on what is deemed important these days. Eh?

A celebrity getting a hang nail is front page worthy.:-?
Or anything to do with the Kardashibitches.

[Buddahaid]

Yea internet news is like people magazine. It must be what the collective we want which is disturbing.

[u crank]

A non monetary version of the old bait and switch maybe. That's not what I came here for. But you know, people are curious. :hmmm:

[fireftr18]

Not just CNN and US media. Same crap is used here :nope:

Betonov, your news can't be as bad as ours. :/\\!!

[Jimbuna]

I sometimes think no news is good news...IMHO the BBC is losing a fair amount of quality and credibility for that matter.

[August]

Am I alone in wondering what she really did with the umbrella? :hmmm:

[AVGWarhawk]

Am I alone in wondering what she really did with the umbrella? :hmmm:

I'll wait for the movie.

[Sailor Steve]

Am I alone in wondering what she really did with the umbrella? :hmmm:
Whatever it was, it wasn't what you were thinking.

No, I don't know what you were thingking, but I still know it wasn't what you were thinking.

[Wolferz]

Nobody got wet.

[gi_dan2987]

Everything you see and hear is SCRIPTED

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZVv2AOCnaA

That's one of many examples.

Also, watch The Body of War by Thomas Young. You'll see politicians follow scripts also.

Now ask yourself, are things truly as they seem?

Food for thought....

[August]

Whatever it was, it wasn't what you were thinking.

No, I don't know what you were thingking, but I still know it wasn't what you were thinking.

You should be in politics Steve. :)

[Mittelwaechter]

It's just to keep you longer on that website and generate more clicks to earn money with advertising shown after every new click.

We've got an online computer magazine working with 50 click cascades "most beautiful desktop backgrounds", "best freeware games ever", "ultimate must have tools for Windows 8", etc.
And the bored or curious ones click 50 times and generate 50 hits to be payed by the advertisers.

[nikimcbee]

Am I alone in wondering what she really did with the umbrella? :hmmm:


Photos or it didn't happen.:/\\k:

[vienna]

It is really very annoying to hear a newscast that starts:

"Mideast tensions at worst level since 1967;
Russia threatens nuclear anihilation;
Sleeper cells suspected in major US cities;
Major fatal epidemic feared;
Financial upheaval threatens new Great Depression;

But, first, Miley Cyrus and her new video..."

What also burns me up is Tv news teasers that run early in the day, such as: "The item you have in your home that will kill you unexpetedly...report on the 11 PM news"...


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[gi_dan2987]

Ratings ratings ratings. Control through fear. That just about sums up the media. Be afraid, be very afraid. Be careful not to drink 2% milk after midnight on a Saturday, or you may be at risk for congenital heart failure.

It makes you wonder where these cockamamie reports come from, and the manner in which they're tested. Check out sometime how doctors found the "evidence" to support the far-reaching claim that Cannabis kills brain cells. What they won't tell you is the test monkeys were given hundreds of times the dosage of THC that is found in the Cannabis plant through gas masks over a period of DAYS. Some monkeys died, others suffered severe mental damage. Do you know why this happened? Asphyxiation! They were deliberately starved of oxygen to produce the results that the pharma companies (who were funding the tests) wanted to see. Now talk to anybody who thinks Cannabis is bad, and I bet you a million they'll say "it kills brain cells." Oh but we think for ourselves do we? We merely salivate when Pavlov rings the bell. We're no more free than a house cat who knows nothing of the world outside.

It is this ignorance that is killing us, and it's the constant fear mongering propagated through media channels that makes us unable to act upon anything.

I have yet to see anything uplifting or fulfilling in the news.

[Madox58]

Billions of bucks are pounded into research just to sell you a load of crap that you'll buy.
Watch Brain Games a few times and see how your conned every single day!
:haha:

[gi_dan2987]

Oh I'm fully aware of the con job going on. I call it FUBAR and SNAFU and it's going on everywhere!

Our whole society is really just a giant Ponzi scheme that moves valueless paper currency around pretending it's money. Think about our everyday lives: Wake up, eat, work all day, buy stuff after work, go home, eat, watch brainwashvision, sleep, repeat.

Yes, we are SUCH a free society!

[Jimbuna]

I'll wait for the movie.

If it's anything like the book I wouldn't bother.

[BrucePartington]

You guys may not believe it, but I sold my TV 2 weeks ago. The only thing worth watching on public TV was the News, which are also available through the Internet tubes.

Thinking about it, my favourite News anchor on the "tubes" is a guy named Jim :O:

[Gerald]

^Nowadays you can bribe all :D

[Sailor Steve]

You guys may not believe it, but I sold my TV 2 weeks ago.
I gave away my TV when I bought my 28" monitor two years ago. There are shows I like, but I can see them through Amazon Prime if I really want to.

[Stealhead]

One of my teachers in high school used to say that television is the rape of the mind. We do not even have cable or satellite TV at the house the only thing we use the television for is to watch movies on Bluray or DVD or from the internet and my daughter plays some video games on it.

A man that works for me does not even own a TV at all.

Of course the internet based news is just as silly.I do not see it as a bad sign merely a sign that people who think (or start to) use a different source of information other than the main stream outlets.

[Jimbuna]

You guys may not believe it, but I sold my TV 2 weeks ago. The only thing worth watching on public TV was the News, which are also available through the Internet tubes.

Thinking about it, my favourite News anchor on the "tubes" is a guy named Jim :O:

I resemble that remark http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/1853/angry8ro5.gif

[Onkel Neal]

Hey! Now we call this "Click bait"

Sorry for the necro but I was thinking about how this became obvious to me a few years ago and now we are saturated with it. :k_confused:

[STEED]

Hey! Now we call this "Click bait"

Sorry for the necro but I was thinking about how this became obvious to me a few years ago and now we are saturated with it. :k_confused:
Click Bate go on you know you want too, go on click it, click it. :)

[Catfish]

Hey! Now we call this "Click bait"

Sorry for the necro but I was thinking about how this became obvious to me a few years ago and now we are saturated with it. :k_confused:

True, just for a moment i had hoped Betonov was here again :o

[August]

I once went several years with just rabbit ears and used the money I saved to build one of the largest collection of movies and documentaries of anyone I know.

[Skybird]

What she did with an umbrella? Well, here is the answer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMctMhMOtrY

Unforgivable. Eh, forgettable, I mean, yeah, unforgettable is the right word.

[Jimbuna]

^ :haha: