I wonder why Huffington Poo thinks nudes, breasts, see-through dresses, and breast-feeding yoga moms

[DainBramaged]

are pertinent to the news?


I go here for occasional news, and they stick shitty insulting sexist crap on the front page.


Is this how they get click through payments from the Freepers?


Jesus what a shitty contrast to trying to be a real news outlet.

[clarice]

1. It's never been a real news outlet . IMO . nt

[clarice]

5. I would like to add...

I only said that it wasn't a real news outlet, for the exact reason the OP stated. What do boobs have to do with the news? But I guess this kind of thing goes on everywhere.

[jberryhill]

2. Probably because they can read their traffic statistics

[cthulu2016]

11. Nonsense. The HuffPost is, like all things, a public trust established for my benefit.

[Enrique]

3. it looks like greed to me

i go to a ton of news sites, they all of course like to get revenue, including DU, but Huffington Post stands out as looking greedy about it.

[Shrike47]

4. It's the People magazine of web journalism.

[jberryhill]

14. Unlike, say, Newsweek, which differs from People magazine...

...in that People magazine is still a magazine.

[trumad]

6. Sorry---I clicked on Yoga Mama nursing her baby.

Lucky Baby.

[NYC_SKP]

8. I wish you hadn't done that. I had to go Google it.

And there goes my morning.

[NYC_SKP]

7. I can't go there anymore. Even with high speed internet it takes too long to load...

And the content is crap, or it's stolen, and filled with inflammatory bullshit, half of it RW friendly.

Huffington Poo.

I'm gonna remember that!

[cthulu2016]

9. Right. Only "the Freepers" are interested in such things.

I would guess that the HuffPost prefers to be a popular site, rather than an unpopular site.

I would further guess that, on balance, HuffPost is not real worried about retaining you, in specific, as a reader versus the effect on their traffic of complying to your wishes.

It's like asking why a tattoo magazine has all those tattoos in it because I don't buy magazines about tattoos.

It isn't about me.

[mockmonkey]

10. And everyone in their articles

are either stunned or shocked.

[polichick]

12. Love the yoga mom...

but HuffPo is the pop culture version of news imo.

[Dash87]

13. B/c it gets clicks

HuffPo isn't a legitimate news source. They're the same "entertainment news" as TV.

[KoKo]

15. I rarely go there because of that Celebrity Porn Sexist Crap..

I feel I need a shower after going there to read a link someone has posted to get the full article.

Thanks for this post!

[Greybnk48]

16. Don't forget the usually ever-present side-boob story. n/t

[relayerbob]

19. Yeah

WTF is that all about anyway?

[malthaussen]

17. Seen the MMORG ads on DU?

Wartune and Trynon? Fact is, most of the time when I click on news links here, there are sex-selling sidebars wherever the source.

-- Mal

[relayerbob]

18. It's simply another tabloid

The Enquirer is more entertaining

[LeftyMom]

20. Because roughly half of the world's population loves tits.

Nobody ever went broke giving the people what they want.

[bunnies]

21. Half?

I'd go with all.

[LittleBlue]

22. Sex sells, that's all

Men will click to see teh boobies, more clicks = more $$$

I've never clicked on it though...*cough*