Jon Stewart recently compared sites like BuzzFeed to carnival barkers drawing a crowd -- You Wont Believe What Happened Next is the hairless cat passed off as a chupacabra of the 21st century, basically. BuzzFeed adamantly denied this, saying that clickbait doesnt work when the thing youre being baited for is a lie. We have to agree, because as demonstrated when BuzzFeed and others reported non-stories like a killer asking Siri where to hide a body, a dirty brothel menu, and the upcoming Space Jam 2 ... clickbait doesnt matter when everyone is reporting bullshit to begin with.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 05:58:27 +0000