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Topic: clickbait

Melissa McCarthy as Frances on "Nine Perfect Strangers" (Vince Valitutti/Hulu)

Pathetic plight of TV's catfished women

Kylie Cheung
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How do I teach my kids about clickbait?

Common Sense Media - Common Sense Media
Logan Paul (AP/Richard Shotwell)

Does YouTube enable stars like Paul?

Nicole Karlis
(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

An end to clickbait

Barbara Romzek, Aram Sinnreich - The Conversation
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learning about clickbait

Common Sense Media staff - Common Sense Media
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The ultimate Breitbart LOL

Gabriel Bell
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RIP "clickbait"

Benjamin Hart
Piers Morgan (Reuters/Andrew Burton)

"Grotesque, odious, evil"

Joanna Rothkopf
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(Reuters/Dado Ruvic)

Facebook's war on clickbait

Andrew Leonard
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Roxane Gay
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