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The Huffington Post’s Sexist Linkbait Strategy

Bitch Media's Mad World takes on the Huffington Post in a video that takes on the so-called "liberal and progressive" newsblog. Just because Arianna Huffington is a woman doesn't mean that its pages don't wreak of sexism and blatant, sensationalized link-baiting.

What is link-baiting? The video defines it as "any content on a website designed specifcally to gain attention," and goes on to show the many images of scantily-clad women on the pages of the Huffington Post. The objectification of women runs rampant through the site mixed in with the "real news."

Read more at Bitch Magazine.

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