"LifeSite traffic skyrockets in 2019, breaks 100 million pageviews for first time "

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This site though, by being a discussion site, can be a educational opportunity. There are some folks here who really know their stuff. Of course there are many who are alarmist in the same vein as LSN. But at least here we can discern the wheat from the chaff. On LSN, you get what you get, and what you get is what they decide you get, and it’s rarely pretty.
 
OraLabora said:
But at least here we can discern the wheat from the chaff. On LSN, you get what you get, and what you get is what they decide you get, and it’s rarely pretty.
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Having had several posts flagged and deleted here, I believe you get what you get on CAF also.
As for discernment, why can we read and discern here but not do the same with LifeSite materials? Beyond that, can we assume that CAF posters are correct?
 
LifeSite YouTube is open for comments so there is discussion there, just as here. I don’t see the difference. Can we say that CAF does not make mistakes, even daily?
 
Victoria33 said:
I in fact, find lifesitenews.com very truthful and respect varying views. I do note, many who do not like lifesitenews, not all, do not have more traditional values and again, may not hold to the sanctity of life as the Holy Mother Church would like us to.
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Yep, like when they banned commenters who thought the allegations against Roy Moore were credible. Very tolerant of other views.
 
I agree with you about Zenit.

Vatican News is excellent in what they report (what they don’t report not so much).

Register too, I agree with. Excellent. CNA as well.

L’Osservatore Romano - I used to get the paper version. It used to be pretty good but later started going downhill so I cut my subscription.

Crux is so so.

I think you’re news list is good.

I disagree with you about LifeSiteNews of course. They are excellent.
 
The term clickbait was used, I"m not sure if that is so with LSN, just saying.
 
As someone who has worked in digital marketing for a few years now, I can confidently say that yes, LSN is clickbait.
 
www.merriam-webster.com

Definition of CLICKBAIT

something (such as a headline) designed to make readers want to click on a hyperlink especially when the link leads to content of dubious value or interest… See the full definition
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We have a definition here. Thanks for the personal anecdote.
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And then there are those of us who are faithful to Tradition and the Magisterium, and who are very pro-life, and yet have serious misgivings and reservations about LifeSite.

The only thing I recommended is that we spend less time on “news” sites like LifeSite and Church Militant - sites which are demonstrably alarmist - and more time reading Scripture and the lives/writings of the saints, and performing acts of charity toward our neighbor (spiritual and corporal works of mercy). Those are some of the most traditional Catholic/Christian values out there. As a matter of fact, as early as the 200s - 300s AD the Desert Fathers were repeatedly encouraging their listeners and followers to do just that (i.e. ignore the goings-on in the world and the bad news in the Church, and focus on the above mentioned actions).
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And I can likewise, claim the Bible tells us to put on the armor of God.

Ephesians 6: 14.

One can be informed or one can not. I can discern what is true and false. I think we have too many people who do not read the news. I don’t need to confuse them with Church Militant and so on. These are just terms that seem to speak of them negatively. If I don’t like an article by them, I can move on to another.

The above advice is general, too general for me. Don’t watch the football game, one can visit the sick in the hospital, make a holy hour of adoration at the chapel, read the Bible and so on.
 
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www.lifesitenews.com

Chinese priest: Communist govt is wrong to ban Christmas - LifeSite

The priest said the communist government is wrong to reject Christian culture and civilization.
www.lifesitenews.com www.lifesitenews.com

A good news story, should I not like an article, I can just move on to the next one. This kind of news does serve a purpose, people need to be informed.

I see no hyperlinks per se which is what clickbait is usually associated with “What happened to the cast of Cheers after the show ended” types of articles not directly associated with the website.
 
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So basically the term “Clickbait” is a term for “Headline” in the world of digital media. Do you agree that any other additional connotation (pro or anti) is based on presumption?
 
“Clickbait” is basically a term for an ambiguous and/or misleading headline that links over to another page/article and creates in the reader a desire to clarify the ambiguity by clicking on the headline/link.

For example: “Princess Becomes Catholic, Loses…”

Properly speaking, in order for the above to qualify as clickbait the headline would have to contain a link to an article. But the headline is sufficiently ambiguous that it makes the reader want to know more.

Clickbait articles themselves are often little more than overly sensationalized “news” or tabloid-like stories that have only a slight connection to reality.

LifeSite may be a good source for pro-life news, but when reporting on the goings-on in the Vatican, what Pope Francis actually said, or the like, I’ve never found them reliable. Their ongoing articles on Amoris Laetitia at the time the document released are just one such example (and they were certainly clickbait articles).

Lastly, “clickbait” carries negative connotations - it’s the online equivalent to “bait-and-switch”.
 
To the readers here.

Yesterday I mentioned (here) . . .
Vatican News is excellent in what they report (what they don’t report not so much).
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Well the Pope just apologized for losing his “temper” publicly.

This is obviously Catholic News.

I was on the Vatican News site today and did not see it. (But it is everywhere else).

I put this in for a search query onYoutube
Pope Francis apologises Vatican News
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Nothing showed up for Vatican News.

They probably want this story to go away.

Don’t get me wrong. I am not saying it was UNREPORTED by them. I just didn’t see it.

And since it is pretty big news, I would have expected to.

That is the kind of thing I am talking about when I say . . .
Vatican News is excellent in what they report (what they don’t report not so much).
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It was either not reported, or so discreet I didn’t see it.

(There was nothing about Pope Francis slapping the woman on her arm either. That is what I expected too.)
 
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I don’t know why you didn’t see this then. It’s right in there.

“ The Pope also apologizes for losing his patience yesterday while greeting the faithful near the Nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square.”

www.vaticannews.va

Pope at Angelus: 2020 a year to cultivate hope and peace - Vatican News

At the Angelus prayer on the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, Pope Francis urges us to live the year 2020 in gratitude for the blessing of God’s love ...
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Irishmom2 . . .
I don’t know why you didn’t see this then.
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I meant headlining a story.
Don’t get me wrong. I am not saying it was UNREPORTED by them. I just didn’t see it.

And since it is pretty big news, I would have expected to.
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I screen-shotted the site (because I figured someone would find it). If you would like, I can put up the screen captures.

I will re-phrase that.

No headlining of the story.

I also did a couple of searches on the Vatican news site too.

Both about the Pope hitting the woman . . .
and about the Pope’s apology for losing his temper.

(He apologized for “losing his temper” which is fine.

But a lot of people “lose their temper” without hitting women.

I think Pope Francis should have apologized for
striking this Filipino woman (appears Filipino to me anyways) several times too.

I would also like reassurances from him that he has never hit other women too in the past. In any way.

But that’ just my opinion.

Nothing relevant returned on those website serches.

If you want I can put up those sceenshots too.
 
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Mark121359 said:
Why do I get the feeling that half of those who post negatively about LifeSiteNews
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Because you are just making things up without taking the trouble to find out if your feeling is true or not.
 
Mark121359 said:
Yeah…just like you are now!
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Many posters like Irishmom2, Phillip_Rolfes, and I all have issues with the new sites you listed and they have backlash on this site too, so as it stands, your feeling appears to be unfounded.
 
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