03-19-2017, 11:53 PM
(03-19-2017, 11:22 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: Creating a title that sensationalizes the story, such as this title does, is an attempt by the editorial staff to gain traffic. Those snippets to grab your attention are what I would consider click bait.
Like including "boiled" in the title when water boils at 212 F at sea level.
He wouldn't be boiled to death, he would be scalded to death. (Admittedly neither are particularly good things to happen.) Boiled to death is much more sensational sounding, of course, so into the title it goes.
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