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Sigh, how do news sites get away with blatantly wrong titles? The driver was obviously able to brake, so it wasn't stuck at 83 MPH - although the display is fro
by netsharc 5y ago
Sigh, how do news sites get away with blatantly wrong titles? The driver was obviously able to brake, so it wasn't stuck at 83 MPH - although the display is frozen and showing that speed.
Imagine if it's a headline like "Putin declares war over" and actually it's him saying something like "War will be over when Ukraine has a pro-Russian leadership".
- CoastalCoder 5y ago> Sigh, how do news sites get away with blatantly wrong titles? I don't mean this snarkily: Notice how your reaction was to complain about it, but (AFAIK) take no concrete action against the news site? I suspect most/all of the public did the same, and thus the new sites get away with it.
- netsharc 5y agoI saw a link to the "chief editor's" Twitter, but fuck Twitter. I just noticed "Report a correction or typo" which has the words "As a local news organization, we are committed to upholding our journalistic standards online, including accuracy." so I just told them now how they violated that standard. Well fuck, I've become a "Letters to the Editor" writter.
- SllX 5y agoYou joke but I wouldn’t be surprised to see a headline like your example at some point. I’ve seen similar clickbait, albeit for lower stakes.
- bombcar 5y agoWe have an example right here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31015652 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31015652 - the title implies but doesn't say, and the reality is that sanction busting was involved. Titles have become less than useless.