WORST IDEA 11/23/10: Links that turn out to be videos or slideshows

A text link should lead to a text story. If I want to read about what happened to the cast of Growing Pains or who makes the least healthy coffee drink, I want one page with a bunch of words. Unfortunately, half the time you click on one of these stories you get a video (bad if you're at work) or a slideshow which forces you to look at a dozen pages to see what could have been delivered in one.