At some point we have to trust readers to understand that a headline is just a headline, and it's the most prone part of a news story to editorializing. (since

At some point we have to trust readers to understand that a headline is just a headline, and it's the most prone part of a news story to editorializing. (since it's the part that's written by an editor) A bad headline is not necessarily indicative of the quality of the story - although you can probably tell that you've picked up a tabloid or something if they're all bad. > In these cases my point is the same - this may not be wrong enough for a retraction but the misleading negative influence is still accomplished. In this case, headlines involving piracy are a poor example of the point you're trying to make. The word "piracy" originated from a quote from a German minister, so it's not an example of editorializing gone mad.