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by kgc 1463 days ago
I wish we could go back to the days of non-clickbait headlines.
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When exactly did those days exist?

* "Destruction of the Warship Maine was the work of an Enemy. $50,000 Reward~" https://sophia.smith.edu/fys169-f19/wp-content/uploads/sites...

* There's also the fake propaganda Ben Franklin pushed so that the 1776 revolution would have the moral high ground. (Ben Franklin fabricated the "Scalping" of USA's early citizens to fake a war-crime, to make the British look more monstrous). https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-37-02-01...

I'm not sure if there ever was non-clickbait headlines. In fact, the further back in history you go, the more clickbait, and even fully fake, information seems to exist.