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Talk:1327: Mobile Marketing

2014-02-07T07:28:55Z

Mudkip3DS:

The sad thing is that when I saw the name "CNN", and then the title text, I knew exactly what this comic was referring to. https://twitter.com/waxpancake/status/426390907038887936

And ohhhh dear, looking at the latest news/results for this, they've somehow messed up even WORSE than before. https://www.google.com/search?q=cnn+the+news+will+shock+you http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2014/02/05/dear-cnn-please-be-careful-about-copying-our-headlines-sincerely-upworthy/

But, I think ironically the best part is how practically everyone that's piling onto CNN for this is also doing the same manipulative, emotive, Upworthy-style headline bait tricks as well. (Looking at you, Slate, Salon, Washington Post, The Atlantic, BuzzFeed, ThinkProgress...)

[[User:Mudkip3DS|Mudkip3DS]] ([[User talk:Mudkip3DS|talk]]) 07:24, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

:BTW I'm not sure how exactly I would phrase this, so I'm not going to add it, but I think one of you should add a reference to those two incidents (the "murder shock" and "rape surprise" ones; though the first one is what I remember making more news, the latter is very recent). It almost seems clear, looking at the comic and text, that it's referring to them. [[User:Mudkip3DS|Mudkip3DS]] ([[User talk:Mudkip3DS|talk]]) 07:28, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

Talk:1327: Mobile Marketing

2014-02-07T07:28:07Z

Mudkip3DS:

The sad thing is that when I saw the name "CNN", and then the title text, I knew exactly what this comic was referring to. https://twitter.com/waxpancake/status/426390907038887936

And ohhhh dear, looking at the latest news/results for this, they've somehow messed up even WORSE than before. https://www.google.com/search?q=cnn+the+news+will+shock+you http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2014/02/05/dear-cnn-please-be-careful-about-copying-our-headlines-sincerely-upworthy/

But, I think ironically the best part is how practically everyone that's piling onto CNN for this is also doing the same manipulative, emotive, Upworthy-style headline bait tricks as well. (Looking at you, Slate, Salon, Washington Post, The Atlantic, BuzzFeed, ThinkProgress...)

[[User:Mudkip3DS|Mudkip3DS]] ([[User talk:Mudkip3DS|talk]]) 07:24, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
:BTW I'm not sure how exactly I would phrase this, so I'm not going to add it, but I think one of you should add a reference to those two incidents (the "murder shock" and "rape surprise" ones; though the first one is what I remember making more news, the latter is very recent). It almost seems clear, looking at the comic and text, that it's referring to them. [[User:Mudkip3DS|Mudkip3DS]] ([[User talk:Mudkip3DS|talk]]) 07:28, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

Talk:1327: Mobile Marketing

2014-02-07T07:24:28Z

Mudkip3DS: Created page with "The sad thing is that when I saw the name "CNN", and then the title text, I knew exactly what this comic was referring to. https://twitter.com/waxpancake/status/42639090703888..."