The rise of clickbait journalism
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An interesting piece out from Salon, of all places. It is quite critical of the publishing of the Trump dossier. I especially liked this bit, where it mentions how there is a lot of confusion going on so people hang onto what clarity they have:
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Yet in publishing the report, BuzzFeed solidified the new normal in media: It fed directly into an environment wherein the only thing readers feel like they can hang onto with any sense of clarity is their own bias or gut feeling; Do I like Trump? No, so these rumors are probably true. Yes, so these rumors are probably false.
http://www.salon.com/2017/01/22/clickba ... newsletter
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