What a great time to be alive! Starbucks is adding olive oil to coffee drinks, cat poo parasites have been found to be a treatment for dementia, and I'm here to save you from reading clickbait. Without further ado, here are the top four clickbait culprits:
The bait: "Why Josh Shapiro Would be a Dangerous Choice as Harris's Running Mate" (Counterpunch)
The reveal: He has been supportive of Israel's actions in Palestine.
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The bait: "Why Calling Trump and Vance "Weird" Works" (The New Republic)
The reveal: It makes it hard for them to respond without appearing even weirder.
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The bait: "George W. Bush uttered 'the 10 most important words in the history of economics' in 2008, Warren Buffett says" (Yahoo! Finance)
The reveal: "At the height of the 2008 financial crisis, Bush said: "'f money isn't loosened up, this sucker could go down!'"
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The bait: "Everyone Wants to Move to This Country with the Best Work-Life Balance" (Apartment Therapy)
The reveal: New Zealand
The only thing worse than fresh clickbait is stale clickbait, but if you are a glutton for punishment, you can read past editions of my column here.
