Mehdi Hasan on Lessons

First Bari Weiss. Then Matt Taibbi. Now Don Lemon. My free advice to journalists is to stop taking Elon Musk at his word. He will always let you down and always turn on you. Free speech absolutist, lol.

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Why it worked

Opens with a short, self-contained line that is easy to take in at a glance.
Contradicts something the audience already believes, which stops the scroll.
Gives away something genuinely useful before asking for anything.
Follows a clear Hook → Context → Landing shape, so the reader always knows where they are.
Ends on a short line that is easy to quote and repeat.
Written from experience rather than as advice, which is harder to argue with.

The mechanics

Hook: Plain observation
Structure: Hook → Context → Landing
Style: Conversational paragraphs at a steady pace.
Tone: personal, punchy
Mechanisms: Pattern interrupt, Reciprocity
Written for: Founders, marketers and operators

Analysis by ViralLoop — not written by the original author.

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