USA Today/SaintsWire | David Onyemata overlooked on list of best NFL interior defensive linemen

The Dude · 06-29-2021, 12:50 PM

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido

The writer of the article seldom, if ever, has a say in the title or headline of the article. Especially with a news service like USA Today. The title is intended to trigger clicks.

What’s worse is the fact that media outlets know the vast majority of people never read beyond the headlines. A lot of media outlets make you subscribe in order to read beyond the first paragraph. Not such a big deal in sports media but it’s being done more and more in news media which is kind of scary. If people don’t bother to read beyond the headlines as it is they sure as hell aren’t going to take the time to enter an email address even when it’s free.

AsylumGuido · 06-29-2021, 01:04 PM

Originally Posted by The Dude

What’s worse is the fact that media outlets know the vast majority of people never read beyond the headlines. A lot of media outlets make you subscribe in order to read beyond the first paragraph. Not such a big deal in sports media but it’s being done more and more in news media which is kind of scary. If people don’t bother to read beyond the headlines as it is they sure as hell aren’t going to take the time to enter an email address even when it’s free.

Yup. Then they head straight out to their local forum and start declaring it as absolute truth.

The Dude · 06-30-2021, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido

Yup. Then they head straight out to their local forum and start declaring it as absolute truth.

Yep. I see more and more news media sites doing it.

06-29-2021, 12:50 PM	#1
The Dude 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 9,066	Re: USA Today/SaintsWire \| David Onyemata overlooked on list of best NFL interior defensive linemen Originally Posted by AsylumGuido The writer of the article seldom, if ever, has a say in the title or headline of the article. Especially with a news service like USA Today. The title is intended to trigger clicks. What’s worse is the fact that media outlets know the vast majority of people never read beyond the headlines. A lot of media outlets make you subscribe in order to read beyond the first paragraph. Not such a big deal in sports media but it’s being done more and more in news media which is kind of scary. If people don’t bother to read beyond the headlines as it is they sure as hell aren’t going to take the time to enter an email address even when it’s free. AsylumGuido and jeanpierre like this.
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AsylumGuido 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bossier City, LA Posts: 26,822	Re: USA Today/SaintsWire \| David Onyemata overlooked on list of best NFL interior defensive linemen Originally Posted by The Dude What’s worse is the fact that media outlets know the vast majority of people never read beyond the headlines. A lot of media outlets make you subscribe in order to read beyond the first paragraph. Not such a big deal in sports media but it’s being done more and more in news media which is kind of scary. If people don’t bother to read beyond the headlines as it is they sure as hell aren’t going to take the time to enter an email address even when it’s free. Yup. Then they head straight out to their local forum and start declaring it as absolute truth.

06-30-2021, 10:57 AM	#3
The Dude 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 9,066	Re: USA Today/SaintsWire \| David Onyemata overlooked on list of best NFL interior defensive linemen Originally Posted by AsylumGuido Yup. Then they head straight out to their local forum and start declaring it as absolute truth. Yep. I see more and more news media sites doing it. AsylumGuido likes this.
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