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'''Clickbait''' is a pejorative term for sensationalist headlines, particularly on the Internet.  Clickbait headlines are designed to attract clicks by curious readers who would not click on a more accurate headline.  
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'''Clickbait''' is a [[pejorative]] term for sensationalist headlines, particularly on the [[Internet]].  Clickbait headlines are designed to attract clicks by curious readers who would not click on a more accurate headline.  
    
==Examples==
 
==Examples==
*[http://www.rawstory.com/2015/02/supreme-court-lets-stand-ruling-that-firing-woman-for-breastfeeding-not-sexist-because-men-can-lactate/ "Woman out of appeals after trial court says her firing for breastfeeding not sexist since men can lactate"]—as [http://www.snopes.com/info/news/menlactate.asp Snopes points out], the headline is a gross distortion of the facts of the case
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*[http://www.rawstory.com/2015/02/supreme-court-lets-stand-ruling-that-firing-woman-for-breastfeeding-not-sexist-because-men-can-lactate/ "Woman out of appeals after trial court says her firing for breastfeeding not sexist since men can lactate"]—as [http://www.snopes.com/info/news/menlactate.asp Snopes points out], the headline is a gross distortion of the [[fact]]s of the case
    
==See also==
 
==See also==
 
*[[Betteridge's law of headlines]]
 
*[[Betteridge's law of headlines]]
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