This does often happen (depending on the leaning of the newspaper, it's omitted if the figure is someone supported and emphasized otherwise). A major problem,

This does often happen (depending on the leaning of the newspaper, it's omitted if the figure is someone supported and emphasized otherwise). A major problem, though, is headlines don't and can't carry this context. And those are the things most people read. The best you'll get is "Joey JoeJoe says machine learning is just so awesome" or at best "Joey JoeJoe comments on ML. The 3rd word will blow you away!".