She did WHAT with an umbrella?
 

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.

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:

nope, because news headlines>>subsim GT headlines.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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:

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

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

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

I'll wait for the movie.

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.

Nobody got wet.