Why do people look for clickbait headlines when the news is political?

posted 11 days ago

Joker@sh.itjust.works

I started to notice a trend on Mastodon and Lemmy where the person criticize a news source for writing a minimally biased headline.

Sometimes, I even notice a person posting a article on Mastodon to provide commentary, and in the replies you would find a person criticizing the headline for not using loaded words.

Is there is any specific reason for people doing this?

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remon@ani.social

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11 days ago

I’ve mostly seen the exact opposite on lemmy, people (rightfully) calling out clickbait headlines.

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Joker@sh.itjust.worksOP

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11 days ago

I also observed the same thing as you in non-political communities .

Sadly, I had never seen it happen in any political community here…

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