The headline is not the story. The headline is never the whole story. If the headline was the whole story you wouldn’t need the story. People who claim ‘they w

The headline is not the story. The headline is never the whole story. If the headline was the whole story you wouldn’t need the story. People who claim ‘they write the headline to get you to click’ are onto something. You’re meant to click on the headline and read the story. A heck of a lot of news reports take this form, and all it takes to read them accurately is basic media literacy: CLAIM, PARTY SAYS Claim was made today by party. More detail about claim, and how newspaper came to be aware of claim. But counterclaim, according to other party. Opinion on trustworthiness of parties, according to expert, with credentials.