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Is it not the goal of a headline to engage?
by moscovium 6y ago
Is it not the goal of a headline to engage?
- JasonFruit 6y agoYes, but not at the cost of accuracy.
- site-packages1 6y agoBut multiple headlines can both be accurate with one being more engaging. These aren't mutually exclusive. Article about a bank robbery: "First National Bank Robbed" "Gunmen Rob First National Bank in Daring Robbery"
- AareyBaba 6y agoMy favorite this year was from the Times of India on the Jan 6th US capital insurrection. "Coup Klux Klan: Don triggers mob & rob bid"
- solarkraft 6y ago"Engaging" while being highly irritating. The first one is concise.
- penetraitor69 6y agoTrue, but which is more likely to get your click: a headline you're indifferent to, or a headline that fills you with righteous indignation? I think that if there's one thing that the development of social media has taught us about human nature, it's that any emotion is better than boredom, from an engagement standpoint.
- johncena33 6y agoThat doesn't mean what OP has mentioned is wrong. NYT has a history of misleading headlines [1]. [1] https://thepostmillennial.com/nyt-makes-terrorism-story-into-police-shooting-story https://thepostmillennial.com/nyt-makes-terrorism-story-into...