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by soraminazuki 882 days ago
Wheels falling off planes is "actual news."

We've now reached the stage where accusations of clickbait became just as meaningless as accusations of fake news.

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> Wheels falling off planes is "actual news."

Yes, on AV Herald. Planes break quite regularly, AV Herald has no shortage of things to write about. It's not worthy of the evening news, and especially unworthy of Hacker News. But "Boeing" drives clicks here too, because it tickles the inner monkey of a lot of people.