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ClusterFreak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-31-10 03:29 PM
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I am so friggin' sick of the deliberately misleading headlines...
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...on the Huffington Post!!!

For f*** sake...will you guys stop it already!! I mean, are you so desperate for website traffic that you have to lure people in with mysterious headlines about seemingly nefarious activities....that ALMOST NEVER ARE!!!??

Case in point...right now on HP...there's a headline which says, and I quote:

"WATCH: Obama Cuts Memorial Day Speech, Tells Thousands To Go Back To Their Cars"


Oooooooooohhhhhhh....sounds pretty serious....wonder what's up?

Well...click on the link and it opens up another headline which reads:

"Obama Memorial Day Speech Cut Short By Rain, Lightning."

That's it.

That's what all the fuss is about. In other words...another headline could have read: "President Uses Common Sense, Cancels Speech In A Torrential Downpour".

Arianna, your people have no shame...and since it's your website with your name affixed, and this kind of shit has been going on for months/years(?), it's on YOU to make it stop.
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