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clickbait headline - could easily be made less offensive and more informative : "Wild pig flesh turns neon blue after eating rodent poison" California, Author

• pessimizer 1y ago
  > "Wild pig flesh turns neon blue after eating rodent poison" That is the worst imaginable headline. No part of it is news, it is trivia. How about: "California's wild pigs being poisoned: Authorities are sounding the alarm" Eh, too much news, boring. Could there be a way to mix the two headlines to make the story both interesting and informative?
  • thaumasiotes 1y ago
    > How about: > "California's wild pigs being poisoned: Authorities are sounding the alarm" Well, that one would be an outright lie. Authorities are quoted in the piece. They say they're aware of the situation and it's caused by rat poison. They are not alarmed, nor do they suggest anyone else should be alarmed.
    • vpribish 1y ago
      exactly. the clickbait is how it raises fear of a credible nearby threat - Hey I live in CA! Ohh... the Authorities! The Alarm is raised! the rest is evocative and loaded terms too, "wild" "pigs" "flesh!" "neon" - but at least they are unexaggerated. It's a gross headline