Lies and sexy ladies: Two clickbait staples

Posting photos of attractive women online apparently isn’t enough to draw curious web surfers these days. So, clickbait purveyors add lies to their sponsored articles to generate clicks.
What follows are some recent examples I’ve seen.

LiveIntent ran an article titled “Tiger Woods’ ex-wife is almost 50 and time has not been kind to her.” First off, his ex-wife, Elin Nordegren, is only 40. Second, the clickbait post used a photo of model Laci Kay Somers. She was the subject of false rumors in 2017 that she was dating Woods. (See articles by CBS Detroit and Sarah Scoop.)

Taboola ran an article titled “This one photo caused her marriage to dissolve immediately.” It used a photo of Instagram model Lillie Artale. The same photo was used for a LiveIntent article titled “Man decides to file for divorce after taking a closer look at this photo.”
Artale told Tech-media-tainment that the clickbait article falsely represented her and that she did not give permission for the use of her image. She also contacted Taboola about the misuse of her image.

Another LiveIntent article titled “Johnny Carson’s daughter doesn’t hold back” used a photo of actress Carol Wayne, who is not his daughter.

Finally, Smartfeed ran an article titled “Rare photos of old Las Vegas show true Sin City.” But the post used a picture of French actress Brigitte Bardot taken in 1953 on the beach at the Cannes Film Festival.