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arcosapphire t1_ir1g88w wrote

Reply to comment by JohnDoe_2408 in India’s Groundbreaking Mars Mission Is Officially Dead by obtricksdotcom

Because journalists still sometimes try to report facts, but the job of an editor these days is to drive clicks at any cost.

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dadmou5 t1_ir1jqva wrote

Oddly enough, I didn't even feel like clicking on the link because the headline supposedly tells the entire story and unless you were super invested in the mission you won't bother wanting to read more after seeing the title.

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JohnDoe_2408 t1_ir1k1ax wrote

Exactly! I've actually seen this before, now that I remember it. And in the previous case, the "news aggregator" in question was admonished for picking the most anti-subject headlines to attract a particular sort of "crowd".

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