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Clickbait titled articles often do but purposefully obscure the topic. A title should inform the reader of the content, such as "Polish truck drivers protest EU war exemptions for Ukraine".
Instead, click bait articles go for sensationalist non informative titles, like "You won't BELIEVE what Polish truck drivers have done by the border to Ukraine!!!!"
The simple fact is that journalism requires money, and that money comes from advertisements in the case of free online publications. This title isn’t unreasonable, it piques your interest to click the article, and the article informs you exactly about what you expected.
I don’t really have an issue with this.
But this title simply says it is explaining why a thing is happening. It isn't sensationalizing, placing an emotional value on it, nor excessively simplifying it.
This title is the opposite of click bait.
That is my understanding on the title as well. In relation to it's content, I found it pretty dissent.
@ NeuronautML if you have another article that gives a better overview on this topic, it would be great if you could add the link here. Thanks!