{"id":19410,"date":"2025-08-31T19:16:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T19:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/social.coldstreams.com\/?p=19410"},"modified":"2025-08-31T19:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T19:17:08","slug":"click-bait-headlines-of-the-cool-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/2025\/08\/31\/click-bait-headlines-of-the-cool-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Media: Click-bait headlines of The Cool Down"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Cool Down is a probably AI-assisted click bait content mill that started with a focus on climate porn but has since expanded into science porn fears. It is syndicated via News.Yahho.com and the MSN Start page (anyone can syndicate content through those pages).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On August 31, 2025, here are partial headlines that appear on news.yahoo.com, from The Cool Down<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Farmers <strong>warn <\/strong>beloved breakfast staple <strong>may soon by unaffordable<\/strong> &#8211;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Finland is <strong>on the verge of incredible human-made alteration<\/strong> deep &#8230;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jaw-dropping<\/strong> video shows electric vehicle struck by lightning&#8230;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Researchers sound alarm<\/strong> after discovering <strong>disturbing side effects<\/strong>&#8230;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Concerning study reveals<\/strong> <strong>overlooked threat<\/strong> that could cause blood clots&#8230;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Scientists issue warning<\/strong> over <strong>disturbing phenomenon<\/strong> impacting &#8230;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Expert warns America<\/strong> should prepare for <strong>disaster worse than<\/strong> &#8230;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Scientists develop game-changing<\/strong> material that could transform how to &#8230;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New report <strong>reveals shocking culprits<\/strong> behind skyrocketing home &#8230;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Billionaire&#8217;s <\/strong>190-foot <strong>superyacht blocked <\/strong>from leaving harbor amid<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Experts stunned by discovery <\/strong>in rainforest 15 years after &#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Every headline is laced with trigger words to get you click through to their clickbait stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their favorite trigger words are &#8220;Scientists&#8221;, &#8220;Experts&#8221;, &#8220;Researchers&#8221; &#8220;reveal&#8221;, &#8220;warn&#8221; etc to lend an appeal to authority to their nonsense. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, this is what &#8220;journalism&#8221; is today. A long time ago we had reporters but today we have &#8220;journalists&#8221;. Is there a difference? Yes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I asked Microsoft Co-pilot to describe the differences between &#8220;journalist&#8221; and &#8220;reporter&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"699\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-245.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-245.png 699w, https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-245-600x521.png 600w, https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-245-311x270.png 311w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cool Down&#8217;s headlines are funny for their attempt at emotional triggers based on a faux appeal to authority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,357,359,24,29,30,39,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-of-perpetual-outrage","category-daily-doomer","category-everything-is-awful","category-in-practice","category-media","category-media-propaganda","category-fake-news","category-fictional-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19410\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldstreams.com\/social\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}