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20 Aug 2022, 11:14 (Ref:4123255) | #1 | ||
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Terrible news articles
In the slow news summer, I thought that, appropriately enough, I would post an example of a rubbish F1 news article so that we can lambast some of the poorer examples of media, but hopefully chuckle a bit at them.
https://formula1news.co.uk/charles-l...n-at-mercedes/ This piece of tripe all hangs on who is doing the tipping, and it turns out to be... 'fans on social media'! Quote:
Or how about..? https://formula1news.co.uk/valtteri-...-hungarian-gp/ It's not even like the graphic put Bottas's name in a Ferrari. Apparently Sergio Pérez 'joined Ferrari' too, a bizarre deduction. Do you know of any other howlers? In the interests of fairness, they don't just have to come from that site. |
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20 Aug 2022, 18:03 (Ref:4123284) | #2 | ||
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Interesting website. Clickbait heavy titles and content. I expect articles are cobbled together or rewrites of stories elsewhere. I wonder if any of the images are properly licensed.
Probably exists only to generate advertisement revenue. I think it might actually be impossible to scroll to the bottom on the pages as when I try it just keeps serving up more ads/links as you go. I spot checked a few articles. It seems all are written by a "James Clifford". His F1 credentials are impeccable. Quote:
LinkedIn shows he is probably running this "news" site as a side hustle while his day job looks to be PR with a specialty for cypto. Probably easy money with not much effort. Richard |
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21 Aug 2022, 07:15 (Ref:4123329) | #3 | |
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Yes, pure clickbait. I think from my own fan perspective, I now click on them to see how he sneakily arrived at the headline. It's like some kind of party board game - here are some facts - now create the most attention-grabbing headline you can by using the facts.
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