Author of the article almost certainly did not write the headline. A sub-editor probably did that. It's entirely reasonable to judge a publication on the basis

Author of the article almost certainly did not write the headline. A sub-editor probably did that. It's entirely reasonable to judge a publication on the basis of a headline not matching the article. It is not at all reasonable to judge the article's author concerning a headline they did not write, had no say in and probably did not even seen prior to publication.