What follows are a few of the latest examples of this deceptive tactic.
Revcontent carried an article recently titled “28 celebrities who are mega Trump supporters now; Number 12 seems unreal.” It used a photo of comedian Jon Stewart, which is ridiculous. Stewart isn’t shy about promoting his liberal politics and hatred of Trump. Still, some people probably clicked on the article to see if Stewart was listed as a “mega Trump supporter.”
A sponsored article on Yahoo titled “Brooke’s grown-up son looks just like his father” used an old photo of Brooke Shields with Michael Jackson. The implication is that Jackson is the father of Shields’ son. Ha, ha, ha. Nevertheless, it probably got some people to click.
Speaking of celebrity children, another clickbait article titled “Sandra Bullock’s son is all grown up and he might look familiar to you” used a photo of 40-year-old pro football player James Harrison. There’s no relation between Harrison and Bullock’s adopted son. By the way, her son is only about 9 years old. So he’s not “all grown up.”
Outbrain distributed an article from Livesty titled “These yearbooks were printed and handed out to the whole student body before the teachers realized the photo error.” Versions of the article used different photos of pretty female cheerleaders.
I usually don’t click on these articles, but I made an exception in this case. The actual article used neither of the photos shown here. They were presented with the clickbait without explanation.
The first one with the blonde girl with red war paint was taken by Jason Duchow of Oldtown, Idaho.
I could not identify the origin of the photo of the three girls with black shorts and tops. If anyone knows, send me an email.
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