Sure, if it's a serious story, but if it's a casual read during a busy workday or if the reader has no access to a printer then it's another matter. One of our professors, a seasoned tough-as-nails reporter, also told us the awful truth about newspapers and magazines: most readers just consume them to kill time.

When I was in journalism school 12 years ago, I was taught that any online article that is over 500 words is "pushing it" since the reader's eye is constantly distracted by the flashy graphics on the screen.

"Yeah, but before the internet, it was a lot harder to disseminate totally erroneous information, like vaccines=autism, to huge numbers of people, and a lot harder for huge numbers of ignorant people to make their voices heard."

I disagree, misinformation spread like wildfire through television, radio, print, and…

Let's see if I were to use a popular clickbait trick: A new Johns Hopkins University study found that 72 percent of all Americans have herpes*

*Based on a sample size of 50 people tested.

Um, this has been a problem long, long before the Internet.

When I was growing up, the usual Gay Tolerance policy I heard from classmates was: "I have nothing against gays, BUT they better not fucking hit on me."

Isn't that Buscemi in the Adventures of Pete & Pete?

Damnit, you beat me to the punch.

Yes Huffiington, "Thrive"...off writing and saying sassy remarks about the Clintons and then take an ideological about-face when you see there's some sweet bank to be made off progressives.

"It was like they'd never eaten anything so good in their lives! They were loving every second of it."

That's such a sad thing to hear about two British kids. About two-thirds of UK cuisine is deep-fried in soggy batter.

Chicken Charlie once served zucchini corn dogs at the California State Fair. It looks like an art school project but it was actually good eatin'.

I do not envy your job, I've known quite a few parks and rec employees and their headaches in dealing with entitled twits are epic.

No kidding, her rant was basically a CYA move.

"council meeting frequent flyers"

Indeed, every city council has to put up with uber-activists who love to see themselves as the un-elected representatives of their communities. But still, that failure to provide minutes is highly unprofessional.

Well Pat, it's back to your day job that you have dreaded for 30-plus years. Look at your face.

So much for the FastPass system.

"If you want to really shock people, why not try something actually ground-breaking?"

And an example would be?

I was going to say. Research, people!

Another variation: "If you visit a place for a week, you'll feel like an expert on it. If you live in a place for a decade, you'll feel like you know very little about it."

Stick it to them Frenchies, Jezebel.