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The title of this post has been editorialized to be more provocative. The NPR article is actually titled “High Cost Of Los Angeles Homeless Camp Raises Eyebrows

The title of this post has been editorialized to be more provocative. The NPR article is actually titled “High Cost Of Los Angeles Homeless Camp Raises Eyebrows And Questions” and is far less inflammatory than this title suggests.

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ComputerGuru 5y ago
The NPR title esp “High cost” is somewhat clickbait; the current title just gives the number outright.
- anthony_romeo 5y ago
  I disagree. The article also clarifies why that price seems higher than it actually is (e.g. the program may reduce costs of policing elsewhere in the city by providing an orderly source of food and water (which that cost also includes)). It’s a more nuanced look than what the OP’s title suggests.
  - sjg007 5y ago
    Nobody like nuance unless it supports their narrative. I know a guy who hated Obama who said he played too much golf. When Trump started playing golf and exceeding even Obama's outings, he said, well a man who works hard needs a vacation. That experience taught me that regardless of political affiliation most people employ nuance when it suits them so they can clearly think in shades of grey. But our problem is that we insist on taking a position and pursue winning above all else.
    - anthony_romeo 5y ago
      Not everyone is a hack. Some people use nuance as a bludgeon, but that fact wouldn’t imply that hand-waiving away details is somehow a valid approach.
texaswhizzle 5y ago
I would argue that this title is less editorialized. This title plainly states the main fact and subject of the article. Whereas the NPR title leaves the cost nebulous so that we can all wonder, and then click. I would further argue that that ambiguous “high cost” is meant to imply to that reader that the “cost” is extremely high. In short, this title is more accurate, less editorialized, and less click-baity.

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ComputerGuru 5y ago

The NPR title esp “High cost” is somewhat clickbait; the current title just gives the number outright.

anthony_romeo 5y ago
I disagree. The article also clarifies why that price seems higher than it actually is (e.g. the program may reduce costs of policing elsewhere in the city by providing an orderly source of food and water (which that cost also includes)). It’s a more nuanced look than what the OP’s title suggests.
- sjg007 5y ago
  Nobody like nuance unless it supports their narrative. I know a guy who hated Obama who said he played too much golf. When Trump started playing golf and exceeding even Obama's outings, he said, well a man who works hard needs a vacation. That experience taught me that regardless of political affiliation most people employ nuance when it suits them so they can clearly think in shades of grey. But our problem is that we insist on taking a position and pursue winning above all else.
  - anthony_romeo 5y ago
    Not everyone is a hack. Some people use nuance as a bludgeon, but that fact wouldn’t imply that hand-waiving away details is somehow a valid approach.

texaswhizzle 5y ago

I would argue that this title is less editorialized. This title plainly states the main fact and subject of the article. Whereas the NPR title leaves the cost nebulous so that we can all wonder, and then click. I would further argue that that ambiguous “high cost” is meant to imply to that reader that the “cost” is extremely high. In short, this title is more accurate, less editorialized, and less click-baity.