Comment on Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth
hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 9 months agoMy point is the title in journalism went from a summary of the story to a confusing false statement that might give you a hint of what the story is about.
This is what we get when nobody wants to pay for news anymore. The fact that news media had to turn to ad-funded models is the fault of everybody who refuses to pay for their news
deleted@lemmy.world 9 months ago
The main issue here isn’t ads. The issue is straight up false titles.
I understand if they opted for vague summary. But false statement is where i draw the line.
hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 9 months ago
And the reason why they have to resort to clickbait titles is to get people on their site for ad views
deleted@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Clickbait and false statements are two different things.
If I write a title saying “Joe Biden resigned” and then talk about how most Americans wants Joe to resign this is considered a false statement.
But if I write “Americans wants only one thing” then this is a clickbait.