Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Every day, Yahoo works hard to create the most fear-inducing headlines they can. Often the articles don't live up to the headline (95% of the time roughly). In the last two weeks I've earned that bacon is good for you, bacon is bad for you. Coffee is great for fighting off cancer yet also can be a contributing cause. Today it's that eating red meat greatly increases the likelihood of death. Tomorrow it'll be that starvation greatly increases the likelihood of death. They also like to use the word "slams" in headlines. This politician "slams" a rival politician, when actually they were just disagreeing. A kid "slammed" Michele Obama, when it turned out the kid reporter asked a valid question and she answered the question. Every headline is designed to make you worried, fearful, filled with dread, hysterical. No wonder Google is slamming Yahoo.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney You know what's even more hazardous -- reading the comments section on Yahoo news stories. The comments make me want to eat more red meat, if you know what I mean!
Originally Posted By velo HuffPo has pretty much succumbed to this "style" of writing as well. They think the news needs to be "Entertainment Tonight"
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 And on the front page now is a story saying that drinking coffee and beer are good for you. Yahoo, you bring such unintentional comedy.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>HuffPo has pretty much succumbed to this "style" of writing as well.<< The word of the month on HuffPo is "mocks".
Originally Posted By plpeters70 <<They also like to use the word "slams" in headlines.>> Thank you for pointing that out!! I thought I was the only one who found their habit of using "slams" over and over so annoying!! Sometimes I think Yahoo has a bunch of kids writing their headlines for them.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Sometimes I think Yahoo has a bunch of kids writing their headlines for them.<< I agree. And kids that don't brother to read the articles they're writing headlines for!
