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> Additionally, BuzzFeed was one of the first news sources to use non-neutral headlines that deliberately invoke a reaction in the reader which then subsequentl
by mFixman 12y ago
> Additionally, BuzzFeed was one of the first news sources to use non-neutral headlines that deliberately invoke a reaction in the reader which then subsequently tempts them to click on the article in an attempt to promote virality.
I don't think this is a new phenomenon. Yellow newspapers like The Daily Mail have existed since shortly after the invention of the printing press.