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Bait and Switch News Headlines Entertainment

Catchy headlines are the surest way a newspaper can get people to read a story.  I use the exact method on this blog.  There should, however, still be some meat to the story/post, else you become The Boy who Blogged "Wolf."

Take this headline, for example:

Feinstein Gives Details On Secret Clinton-Obama Meeting

Wow!  Secret details!  I must read this story.

Here are the details:

"I received them. Put them in the living room, two comfortable chairs facing one another and left," Feinstein said. She said there was no staff and no security in the room. Just water for candidates. One person from each campaign sat in a nearby study.

Earth-shattering.

But the true irony is this line:

The California senator refused to give any other details about the conversation.

So in reality, Senator Diane Feinstein didn't give any details.

But that makes for a much less alluring headline.

Clinton and Obama Meet, Reporter Gets Nothing and Likes It!


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