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Following Betteridge's Law of Headlines (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headl
by edko 10y ago
Following Betteridge's Law of Headlines (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...), the answer has to be "no".
- dimino 10y agoTo extend this point further, editors aren't simply unaware of Betteridge's Law. A lot of the time, headlines like this are written specifically to evoke the "No" response, and to entice the reader into asking the question, "Why would anyone even make such an argument?"