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Melted Fukushima fuel photographed for the first time. First photos of melted Fukushima fuel. If you take away the tentativeness of "may", "likely", etc., you
by kijin 9y ago
Melted Fukushima fuel photographed for the first time.
First photos of melted Fukushima fuel.
If you take away the tentativeness of "may", "likely", etc., you can make the sentence much easier to read. I wouldn't mind a slight lack of qualifiers as long as the whole thing is not too linkbaity and the content puts the qualifiers back where they belong.
- atomwaffel 9y agoGood point, those are definitely easier to read, although in this age of clickbait I give them credit for admitting a degree of uncertainty right in the headline.
- kijin 9y agoMelted Fukushima fuel likely photographed for the first time :)
- dmurray 9y agoThe second one would never fly as a news headline, even though I agree it's clear, readable and descriptive. The Bloomberg News style guide probably specifies that headlines should have a verb in them, and maybe encourages the active mood which would rule out your first suggestion too. Looking at the front page of bloomberg.com, the same pattern is universal with one exception: "Trump, Russia and the Early Murmurs About Pardons". Looking further down, their opinion pieces seem to be allowed a wider variety of styles.
- Camillo 9y agoYou have to say it's Japan, though. Otherwise people may hear "Fukushima" and think it's in Germany.
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