Articles like this prove that even the the New York Times -- the illustrious Grey Lady! -- isn't above scare tactics to boost sharing, virality & ad revenue. The headline is grabby and the lede is especially petrifying: "Hurricane Maria obliterated the only tropical rain forest in the United States forest system."
A vast majority of people won't really read anything past the first few lines, which is a shame, because the LAST FIVE PARAGRAPHS are extremely important -- even if they aren't super scary.
I'm really excited to get "climate" and "ecology" channels up & running on reallyread.it.
Articles like this prove that even the the New York Times -- the illustrious Grey Lady! -- isn't above scare tactics to boost sharing, virality & ad revenue. The headline is grabby and the lede is especially petrifying: "Hurricane Maria obliterated the only tropical rain forest in the United States forest system."
A vast majority of people won't really read anything past the first few lines, which is a shame, because the LAST FIVE PARAGRAPHS are extremely important -- even if they aren't super scary.
I'm really excited to get "climate" and "ecology" channels up & running on reallyread.it.