{"id":6796,"date":"2021-04-21T23:49:40","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T03:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/?p=6796"},"modified":"2021-04-22T07:21:46","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T11:21:46","slug":"click-bait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/click-bait\/","title":{"rendered":"Click bait&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8230;although we didn\u2019t call it that back in my ink-stained days of newspapering.&nbsp; Back then editors were always looking for photos that would help sell papers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The formula was simple&#8230;pretty girls, babies and animals.&nbsp; Get a picture with two out of three and you were guaranteed good placement in the paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today with the Internet and Facebook they call it \u201cclickbait\u201d&#8230;and here\u2019s an example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MackenzieMason-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MackenzieMason-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Mackenzie Mason and lamb.\" class=\"wp-image-6798\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MackenzieMason-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MackenzieMason-1-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MackenzieMason-1.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>Photo by Church Humphreys<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A baby lamb qualifies as a two-for and the pretty girl is our Mackenzie Mason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lamb is a kind of rescue project&#8230;it has a bone fracture making it difficult to balance and walk.&nbsp; Church took over care of the animal while on rounds with our local vet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still not sure it will make it.&nbsp; Her name is fitting&#8230;.Izzy&#8230;as in \u201cis she going to make it or not\u201d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>David<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;although we didn\u2019t call it that back in my ink-stained days of newspapering.&nbsp; Back then editors were always looking for photos that would help sell papers. The formula was simple&#8230;pretty girls, babies and animals.&nbsp; Get a picture with two out of three and you were guaranteed good placement in the paper. Today with the Internet and Facebook they call it \u201cclickbait\u201d&#8230;and here\u2019s an example: A baby lamb qualifies as a two-for and the pretty girl is our Mackenzie Mason. The lamb is a kind of rescue project&#8230;it has a bone fracture making it difficult to balance and walk.&nbsp; Church took over care of the animal while on rounds with our local vet. Still not sure it will make it.&nbsp; Her name is fitting&#8230;.Izzy&#8230;as in \u201cis she going to make it or not\u201d? David<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[158,13,162],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church","category-david","category-lamb"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6796"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6800,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6796\/revisions\/6800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}