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by Levitz 678 days ago
>I mean, go back and read some random New York Times issues from the 1950s and you'll see the same thing.

I've got to really disagree and I can provide proof.

This is The New York Times, today: https://www.nytimes.com/

This is The New York Times, May 3rd, 2001: http://web.archive.org/web/20010503145505/https://www.nytime...

This is The Washington Post, today: https://www.washingtonpost.com/

This is The Washington Post, October 3rd, 2001: http://web.archive.org/web/20011003085017/http://www.washing...

The difference in style of writing, specifically headlines, is more than noticeable.

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I feel like you and I focusing on different things. I don't care what the headline says. I'm saying the entire content of the article is pointless.

Who cares that Snyder backs his coach? What are you going to do with that information? Who cares that Hollywood holds in breath? How do you change your life based on that?

(From your Oct 3 2001 link.)

No amount of "less clickbait headline" will fix the fundamental pointlessness of those articles to anyone's family, career, or daily life.