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> Things can be both interesting and not the start of a zombie apocolypse at the same time. But then you shouldn’t sell it as one. The headline is pretty click
by read_if_gay_ 6y ago
> Things can be both interesting and not the start of a zombie apocolypse at the same time.
But then you shouldn’t sell it as one. The headline is pretty clickbaity given the reality of things, and sadly this is a common trend. I think that’s OPs point.
- bawolff 6y agoSeems pretty factual to me. One (small) US city warned about water supply contaminated with this microbe. The water really was contaminated. The residents really were warned not to use the water supply. The contaminate really does kill people by eating their brains. The headline did not say to go full panic mode for people not in the affected area. The headline did not say the situation was out of control. Which part of the headline was misleading or panic mongering?
- read_if_gay_ 6y agoIt can be factually accurate and clickbaity at the same time. Extremely few people have to be worried about this in practice, but the headline reads like it’s from a cheap zombie movie. > Which part of the headline was misleading or panic mongering? They don’t state which city it’s about (so it could be any major one), and mention the water supply which implies everyone is affected. They want you to go “oh shit, this could be my town”. They do tell you that it’s only in a small dump somewhere in Texas, and that it’s only killed 34 people in 10 years, but only after you clicked. The headline is definitely alarmist given the benign contents of the article.