I disagree. The idea that headlines serve only informative purposes is rather bizarr. Ever since people wrote words on things, they were an entire literary genr

I disagree. The idea that headlines serve only informative purposes is rather bizarr. Ever since people wrote words on things, they were an entire literary genre for themselves. Nowadays, people decry anything that isn't a completely literal summary of the article as "clickbait", ignoring decades of history and hundreds of masterpieces. in this case, the actual "event" is not mentioned in the first few paragraphs. This is clearly a literary choice made by the author, and changing the headline would defeat his intentions and be somewhat lacking respect. Here are some historic examples, and The Atlantic's humorous efforts at de-phantasizing them (from https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/08/famous-headlines-rewritten-to-comply-with-facebooks-new-policy/494603/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/08/famou...): – "Frank Sinatra has a Cold" (Frank Sinatra Is a Complicated Person (and Unfortunately Our Reporter Did Not Get to Speak to Him)) – "Ford to City: Drop Dead" (Ford to New York City: Drop Dead (but He Only Means That Figuratively, As He Intends to Veto Any Bail-Out for New York City’s Municipal Budget)) – "Death of an Innocent" (A Young Man Hiked Into the Alaska Wilderness and Died Under Somewhat Mysterious Circumstances, and Also His Ordeal Raises Larger Questions About American Culture) – "Pearls Before Breakfast" (Most Commuters Didn’t Even Notice When a Violin-Playing Prodigy Masqueraded as a Street Performer) – "Headless Body in Topless Bar"