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And an incredibly successful one. I bet this article is the most viewed article on thefiscaltimes.com ever. No emotion sells newspapers like mild outrage. The
by hugh3 16y ago
And an incredibly successful one. I bet this article is the most viewed article on thefiscaltimes.com ever.
No emotion sells newspapers like mild outrage. The newspaper's job is to make you just a little bit outraged every day. Usually the real news of the world should be more than sufficient to outrage you, but on occasion they like to supplement it with stories like this.
It's almost as good a trick as my personal favourite: the top ten list with one inappropriate item deliberately included.
- arghnoname 16y agoNot just that, but it actually ran in the Washington Post a little bit ago (bylines Fiscal Times). That's good trolling.