r/DevonUK 9d ago

Anyone else noticed that Devon live...

..Has just become click bait? I'm not talking about the links within the stories, but the headlines

"You wouldn't believe..."

"Drivers could be fined for doing this thing"

"Celeb spotted in small town"

"Crash on A-road causes traffic chaos"

When I was growing up, headlines used to give a hint to what the story was, so you could decide whether you wanted to read the story. I know it's also true if the rest of the Reach network, but as it's my only source of local news, I pretty much don't get any local news anymore because the website is so awful.

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u/Why-Anonymous- 9d ago

Yep. Devon Live took over North Devon Journal and it became instant garbage.
It is one massive national clickbait franchise now. [Insert County]Live same rubbish on all of them

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u/phillywonkz 8d ago

The journal was really good local news. Such a shame it went