We spoke to Darren Blanchard, the man arrested while speaking out against data centers at a community meeting. He's sharing the bodycam footage of his arrest for the first time with 404 Media.
I was a subscriber to them in the month they launched. After the literal 10th time the headline was clickbait that disagreed with the body of the article, I unsubscribed. They are run by the former Cracked/BuzzFeed people and they clearly can’t help themselves but lie in headlines.
The irony is that Buzzfeed actually had some legitimately hard-hitting investigative journalism. They had multiple Pulitzer winners on their payroll. But that shit takes time and costs money, so they used the clickbait BS to pay the bills.
The frustrating thing about 404media is that it’s those same people and they are still doing the impressively in-depth research…and then boil it down to a catchy lie to get clicks and shares.
Thank you! 404 seems to stick to facts, but that sign in stuff really is annoying
I was a subscriber to them in the month they launched. After the literal 10th time the headline was clickbait that disagreed with the body of the article, I unsubscribed. They are run by the former Cracked/BuzzFeed people and they clearly can’t help themselves but lie in headlines.
The irony is that Buzzfeed actually had some legitimately hard-hitting investigative journalism. They had multiple Pulitzer winners on their payroll. But that shit takes time and costs money, so they used the clickbait BS to pay the bills.
The frustrating thing about 404media is that it’s those same people and they are still doing the impressively in-depth research…and then boil it down to a catchy lie to get clicks and shares.
I never trust any headline blindly
Yea but their whole founding pitch was “we’re paid journalism so we won’t have to do sensationalism” was such a bait and switch :(