re: New York Times posts image of Stephen Miller's head on a pike

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clickbait isn't solely defined by misleading titles, its defined by posted headlines or images for the purpose of maximizing clicks

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You're saying that producers of content should not try to maximize clicks?

Your entire argument is reduced to absurdity when you carry it to its logical conclusion. If posting an attention-getting headline or photo is, by itself, clickbait, then how does any newspaper or agency promote its content without being considered clickbait?

You're saying that any attempt to grab the reader's or viewer's attention is clickbait. I think that's going too far.

It's clickbait when you try to maximize clicks at the expense of quality of content. That's not what the NY Times did. They straight up told you that the article is about late night shows, so you can avoid clicking it if you aren't interested in that kind of story. A clickbait site will disguise the content and try to get you to click, only for you to find out that the article isn't something you want to see.