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See if you can spot the difference in these two headlines: "A Study That the CDC Used To Support Mask Mandates in Schools Is Junk Science." "The Study That Co
by VikingCoder 5y ago
See if you can spot the difference in these two headlines:
"A Study That the CDC Used To Support Mask Mandates in Schools Is Junk Science."
"The Study That Convinced the CDC To Support Mask Mandates in Schools Is Junk Science."
Which one makes it seem like some evidence used should be discarded?
And which one makes it seem like Mask Mandates have been proven to be a Junk Science?
See that word "The" in the headline the author used? That sure makes it sound like the single source of evidence was wrong, and so therefore the conclusion is wrong.
If you want to be really safe, and not clickbaity, you could even go for,
"Mask Mandates May Be Effective, But One Study the CDC Used Had Deeply Flawed Methodology."
That's only four characters longer than the original one:
"The Study That Convinced the CDC To Support Mask Mandates in Schools Is Junk Science."
- hunter2_ 5y agoFlagging content with is_clickbait actually sounds quite a lot nicer than is_false ... You might be onto something.
- VikingCoder 5y agoFacebook makes money by hosting click bait. Facebook is worried about public perception if they host false information. The financial incentives are all wrong, and people make money with click bait headlines, so we're going to watch companies like Facebook wrestle with this, and sometimes make what we consider to be "the wrong call."