I agree with you to certain extent. I think the problem with titles directly out of the article is that many times they are bait. The writers of those articles

I agree with you to certain extent. I think the problem with titles directly out of the article is that many times they are bait. The writers of those articles are purposefully leaving key information out, to grab people's attention and likely force them to read the entire article to find the missing information or fulfill the title entice. In this case I think the change of title is definitely defusing the article, but it's also giving the key information that was left out in the bait title. I agree with you because changing the original title feels like a disruption of the discourse and opens a bias door for whoever changes the title. But, I also believe that bait titles erode the quality of the content and make harder to consume and evaluate information. It's a hard problem.