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Secret was legitimately controversial, sure. However, those headlines (in my opinion) were chalk full of hyperbole and amounted to a campaign of vilification.
by rl3 12y ago
Secret was legitimately controversial, sure.
However, those headlines (in my opinion) were chalk full of hyperbole and amounted to a campaign of vilification.
- wpietri 12y agoI don't know that I agree, but hyperbolic headlines and vilification are different than manufactured controversy. The difference being that with the latter there's no sincerity.
- rl3 12y agoI would argue that using such tactics to inflame an existing controversy constitutes the same thing, at least in spirit. The notion of sincerity is nullified by the conflict of interest inherent to page views.
- wpietri 12y agoNot at all. Plenty of people were "inflaming" that controversy with no motive at all other than thinking Secret legitimately horrible. For it to be the same in spirit, the writer has to actually have the same spirit, a mendacious one. That is so far undemonstrated here.