Like many of y'all, I read a fair number of Lefty websites

[EarlG]

32. I think Liberal YouTubers is the biggest offender

The Cable News Clips forum mostly hosts short sections from stories that are featured on CNN, MSNBC, etc. so the headlines are usually no more sensationalistic than any other piece of news reporting you might see reposted on DU.

Liberal YouTubers, however, is almost entirely videos made by people whose livelihood is dependent on getting clicks and eyeballs on social media, and the titles of the videos often reflect that.

I'll consider removing Liberal YouTubers from the home page video selection, at least -- I don't think it would be technically difficult to do that, although I'll have to check. For other areas on the site though, like the Latest page, it seems to me that individual DUers can easily trash that forum themselves if they don't want to see the titles. I know that the sensationalistic video titles do crop up from time to time in other forums, but the vast majority of them appear to be in Liberal YouTubers.