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It's phrased as a statement, with the usual headline-speak of dropping articles: "[This is] Why Traditional TV is in trouble". Why they chose that over an inte
by Analemma_ 9y ago
It's phrased as a statement, with the usual headline-speak of dropping articles: "[This is] Why Traditional TV is in trouble".
Why they chose that over an interrogative form ("Why is traditional TV in trouble?"), I don't know. Maybe the NYT has a style manual that prefers the first formation.
- lainga 9y agoI have noticed US media convention, both print and web, is to prefer statements: "Why <x>", "How <y>", and "<z> did <z'>, and it's <z''>"; the last one even conveniently tells you how you're supposed to feel about the article. I imagine it conveys more authority than questions do.