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prions on Nov 29, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: How Elizabeth Warren Took Down the CEO of Wells Fa...

Can we remove:

-"Why x matters" -"What we know" -"Slammed" and -"Number x will shock you!"

from all news headlines?

anigbrowl on Nov 29, 2016 [–]

I wish. Newspapers seem to have decided that the best way to attract readers is to imitate the magazines that live near the supermarket checkout.

willtachau on Nov 29, 2016 | [–]

Can you blame them? It's ultimately driven by users. If we didn't click on these article titles, the publishers wouldn't use these ridiculous formats.

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