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Topic	New York Times: Don't let your black children be friends with whites
pinky0926 11/14/17 2:55:56 PM #238:	The Great Muta 22 posted... Being the visceral reaction that this article has gotten I'd say it was generally effective in doing what headline writing is supposed to do, and that's grab the readers attention. The problem arises that like with much of headline writing, it predisposes people to formulate an opinion on the article without actually reading it and likewise it'll turn off plenty from bothering to read it. Well I mean, yes. People will have opinions about opinion pieces they just read. I'd say this is an issue with the clickbait world we live in and not so much The New York Times. You'd struggle to find any journal these days that doesn't try to create a sensation in a title, just for the purpose of getting you to click on it. --- CE's Resident Scotsman. http://i.imgur.com/ILz2ZbV.jpg <cite>pinky0926 posted [p:890382431] in New York T... [t:75989881]...</cite> <quote><cite>The Great Muta 22 posted...</cite> <quote> Being the visceral reaction that this article has gotten I'd say it was generally effective in doing what headline writing is supposed to do, and that's grab the readers attention. The problem arises that like with much of headline writing, it predisposes people to formulate an opinion on the article without actually reading it and likewise it'll turn off plenty from bothering to read it.</quote> Well I mean, yes. People will have opinions about opinion pieces they just read. I'd say this is an issue with the clickbait world we live in and not so much The New York Times. You'd struggle to find any journal these days that doesn't try to create a sensation in a title, just for the purpose of getting you to click on it. --- CE's Resident Scotsman. http://i.imgur.com/ILz2ZbV.jpg</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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