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Thursday, October 19, 2017

"What We Know and Don't Know" Clickbait Articles

Updated early this morning, this CNN article preys on Americas desire to know what really happened. 

This is a commonly used tactic that journalists apply to lure their audience in. The use of a shared "unknown" is attractive to News consumers. It creates a feeling of an "equal" playing field where they are allowed to imagine/assume the answers to the unknown. 

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