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6. Yes, I totally agree with your observation
Fri May 25, 2012, 02:52 AM
May 2012

Most of the time the trashy, sensational, tabloid titles of their news stories have nothing at all to do with what the article is actually about. They are just trying to sucker you into clicking on the page so that they can "impress" their advertisers with how much exposure (number of hits) their advertising on the page nets.

In addition, they are just trying to place "knee jerk" words in the titles of their articles that will get you to click on their articles. We are all just being suckered in so that they can make more money through the sale of advertising on their site. It's all about money and greed now. Long ago, I stopped watching broadcast TeeVee for the same reason.

If ever I visit their site anymore; when I go to the articles, I just read the story without bothering to click on the video, because the advertising that precedes the video offends me so much, in addition to wasting my time.

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