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Betteridge's law of headlines : "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no." This is why I canceled my subscription to the NYTim
by zombieprocesses 9y ago
Betteridge's law of headlines : "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no."
This is why I canceled my subscription to the NYTimes and stop following the news so much. Everything is an epidemic. Everything is going to end the world.
Are there people with problems of loneliness? Sure. Is it an epidemic? Of course not.
Just like the tide pod epidemic last month. Next come, it'll be another epidemic.
And the easiest way to spot lazy media is see if the title is a headline.
"Will your kids' candy be safe this halloween?"
"Did aliens build the pyramids?"
In my opinion, the only real epidemic in modern times is people wasting time reading useless media.
- DanBC 9y ago> Are there people with problems of loneliness? Sure. Is it an epidemic? Of course not. There are increasing numbers of lonely people, and loneliness causes severe health problems, reducing quality and length of life. All that's missing from the normal definition of epidemic is the element of contagion.
- astura 9y agoThis article is actually critical of people claiming there is a "loneliness epidemic."
- zombieprocesses 9y agoBetteridge's law of headlines holds again.