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If it could the title wouldn't have a question mark on the end, you'd get more clicks with a definitive title and newspapers wouldn't waste that

• jedimastert 5y ago
  > you'd get more clicks with a definitive title Unfortunately, demonstrably not true.
  • carlmr 5y ago
    From context clearly a mistake when writing.
  • vikingerik 5y ago
    By definitive, he meant if it were truthful. But since it isn't, they get more clicks with the false headline, since the truthful one would simply say that the flu isn't stopped, which isn't a substantive story. As we know, a question mark in a headline indicates that it's false, since if it were true, they'd just write the headline without the question mark.
    • corobo 5y ago
      > if it were truthful Aye exactly. The priority is legally covered, clicks. This is also why you see "allegedly" even when something isn't actually alleged haha "The man was allegedly murdered blah blah".. no, the man was murdered, we know this for fact. There is a body with 20 knives in it. The suspect allegedly did it, though. Journalism lmao
• toyg 5y ago
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• samschooler 5y ago
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