Sunday, June 24, 2018

Celebrities in my backyard thanks to lying clickbait

Clickbait purveyors will use just about any photo to generate clicks. Lately they’ve been grabbing celebrity pictures to promote sponsored links for auto-related business propositions in my area.
Taboola carried a sponsored link with the headline “New rule in Great Falls, Virginia, leaves drivers fuming.” It used a photo of Blake Lively filming a scene for “Gossip Girl” in which she’s being arrested in New York City. The photo was taken in March 2009 for her CW television series.


Another Taboola sponsored link had the headline “Find markdowns in Virginia on unsold car inventory.” It used a photo of socialite Tamara Ecclestone in her $600,000 Ferrari 599 GTO. (See article by AutoEvolution.) I doubt the website is selling that kind of car.
I don’t know whether clickbait companies are dumb or just exploiting the curiosity gap with inaccurate photos.



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