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I don't understand the purpose of this article. The headline seems to be pushing the message "relax, forget about it, everything's fine". The content of the art
by lucideer 10y ago
I don't understand the purpose of this article. The headline seems to be pushing the message "relax, forget about it, everything's fine". The content of the article is much more ambiguous.
It starts by saying a Hawaiian bee has been added to the endangered list, follows by explaining the effects of colony collapse disorder: little change in commercial bee numbers, harsh economic times for beekeepers, unmeasured and likely dire change for wild bees.
There is no conclusion to the article, but the bees do not appear to be "doing just fine"...
- onewaystreet 10y agoAuthors for major news sites don't write their own headlines which is why there is often a disconnect with the actual content of the article.
- lucideer 10y agoIn this case, I get the sense the editor may have cut a fair bit of content as well as adding a contradictory title, from a possibly reasonably OK original draft.
- ethbro 10y agoI see this comment a lot on poorly titled articles. My question, what job title is typically responsible for writing headlines?
- onewaystreet 10y agoCopy editor
- polynomial 10y agoArticles and headlines are written by different people with different roles and different goals.