Excellent example of strawman click-bait: 1 take a newsy subject involving something many people like 2 choose an aspect of it about which to adopt the "sober

Excellent example of strawman click-bait: 1 take a newsy subject involving something many people like 2 choose an aspect of it about which to adopt the "sober skeptic" stance 3 write the article as though this aspect is the only part of the newsy subject that's worth discussing The move made in 3 is the trick. It's at least disingenuous, and may even be cynically mercenary.