The Telegraph: clickbait and paywall profit from coronavirus

[dimots]

Does anyone else feel The Telegraph are way out of order? Is it just something I am seeing due to the settings on my phone? It seems like I am being bombarded with utter clickbait from these guys, but when I click I can't see anything without paying.

When you see the titles it looks like they are sharing valuable/essential news, but when you reach the paywall you realise they're not really sharing it at all...it's just a lure.

They are by far the worst offender in my experience, to the point where I've commented on it to other people who have noticed the same thing. The Daily Mail by comparison are equally liberal with their application of the truth in the quest for a good headline, but at least they're sharing the full article without demanding payment.

[Zirconia]

Don't go to the torygraph for news?

I removed them from my apple news feed.

[croyde]

Yeah it's annoying when people post a headline on FB or here, with a link, and then you only get to read the first line.

[dimots]

I don't go there for news, I have never made it past the paywall

I don't mind clicking the odd bit of trashy clickbait just to confirm my suspicions that the article doesn't match the title...but it feels faintly immoral to slip in a paywall.

[Jonesy23]

A lot of the content is junk these days, but if you want to get around the paywall they changed it recently so now if you block all scripts on the site the whole articles are readable. Previously they just weren't served.

[voyds9]

Guessing this is an android phone, noticed the same thing myself

Also lots of, now available xxxx with 50% off, but every offer seems to be only US.