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I totally agree that it is a terrible title. Der Spiegel does very high quality reporting, but I got the impression that German journalist like to use sensation
by ma2rten 7y ago
I totally agree that it is a terrible title. Der Spiegel does very high quality reporting, but I got the impression that German journalist like to use sensationalist quotes as the title even more than English speaking ones do.
That said, I genuinely got the impression that Snowden is concerned that he might get assassinated and that his history of depression might be used covered it up.
- hencq 7y agoThere's nothing wrong with the title. It's a direct quote from the interview. Also, the article literally has "Interview with Edward Snowden" above it with a picture of him. Just because it entices you to read doesn't automatically make it clickbait. I do think that the subtitle "Interview with Edward Snowden" would be a much better title for the HN submission. The current title without any context (picture + sub title) doesn't provide any information if it just appears in a list of text links.
- tptacek 7y ago"Terrible title for HN" captures more precisely what I meant to say, thanks. I don't so much care how publications choose to tease articles in their own pages.