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I really hate this headline and I don’t think it should be rewarded with clicks. NYT knows that a certain population is going to read that headline, and nothing
by orev 7y ago
I really hate this headline and I don’t think it should be rewarded with clicks. NYT knows that a certain population is going to read that headline, and nothing else, and then take away that “they were right all along and climate change isn’t real”. It does absolutely nothing to help move things in the right direction and just further fuels the fire of false “debate” over the issue.
- PleaseLoveMe 7y agoI hate clickbait as much as the next person but in this case... aren't the people you're talking about the people you want to read the article?
- pintxo 7y agoI guess the fear is they will not read the article at all. Just twitter the title along. Which is probably a reasonable assumption.
- orev 7y agoMost people don’t actually read the articles. They just scan the headlines and take away whatever they want from that. This would have been much better if the headline was more like: Scientists grossly underestimated the impact of climate change. That would have been sensationalistic while also conveying the main point of the article to those people.