Misleading Teasers...

[EagleFan]

I hate reading a teaser for an article and letting it color my opinion of the story before I even read it. It seems that many times that teaser is not only misleading but in some cases a blatant lie.

What I would use as a prime example is a Yahoo teaser today.

"11 Year old Barred from Scoring Touchdowns"

My first reaction was WTF? How can they let the kid play but not allow him to score touchdowns?

Youth league institutes TD limit to hold back 11-year-old - Prep Rally - High School*Blog - Yahoo! Sports

Then I read the details and it seems that he can score touchdowns but it's kind of like a mercy rule.

While I still think that it may not be the best rule in the world it isn't as jaw dropping bad as the original teaser makes it sound.

On a different note, maybe I should draft this kid in a keeper league so I can be ready to dominate in 2022!!!

[EagleFan]

dola: the link text wasn't the yahoo teaser text; that was what I had quoted.

[Shkspr]

From the thread title, I thought this was going to be about women who wouldn't put out.

I feel a bit misled.

[EagleFan]

Originally Posted by Shkspr

From the thread title, I thought this was going to be about women who wouldn't put out.

I feel a bit misled.

[SackAttack]

Would you say, shkspr, that 'Misleading teasers...' was, itself, a misleading teaser?

[EagleFan]

Originally Posted by SackAttack

Would you say, shkspr, that 'Misleading teasers...' was, itself, a misleading teaser?

Oh, I see what I did there...

[ColtCrazy]

I find CNN's website guilty of this on a regular basis.

[terpkristin]

The guy who runs FARK wrote a book about FARK. "Teaser headlines" as clickbait is discussed extensively in said book. Also, "Top X" headlines/websites as clickbait fall into the same category...which is a large reason I almost never click through on those.

/tk