This shit is showing up in almost every major paper now. Look at it on the bright side: Articles with titles using the clickbait style guide are instantly recog

This shit is showing up in almost every major paper now. Look at it on the bright side: Articles with titles using the clickbait style guide are instantly recognizable as the tripe. Because no paper's going to lead a local crime story, for instance, with "Pregnant Mother shot -- you'll never guess where" or "Mayor indicted for corruption was silent until he heard this." Newspaper clickbait has some common traits: National story, sensational, dull. It's either lazy pop science or a shock story about what somebody did three time zones away. So it's always safe to ignore.