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Old 01-13-2015, 08:30 AM   #1055
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Originally Posted by equ View Post
On a side note, I find Jalopnik highly entertaining and efficient/fast to read. The headlines are click-bait-y, absolutely, but it's done "ironically". Anyway, they are a bunch of guys who love cars and they are trying to keep their heads up in today's sink-or-swim media environment with a good bit of millenial language/attitudes thrown in.
I used to see it that way (despite the proliferation of bad grammar / proofreading), but lately (the last year?) they've devolved into purely clickbait headlines and misleading / factually incorrect articles. I don't think it's done ironically, I think it's done to get attention. They accept content from just about anyone, so if someone sends them a piece they thing is interesting they'll post it. Maybe this is to compete with TTAC (Baruth).
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