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Headlines like this always remind me of the term wikipedia taught me: "Disambiguation". A simple Mitt Romney Calls Tesla Motors a 'Loser' would have clarified i
by sudonim 14y ago
Headlines like this always remind me of the term wikipedia taught me: "Disambiguation". A simple Mitt Romney Calls Tesla Motors a 'Loser' would have clarified in the headline whether the author meant Tesla (the person), or Tesla (the car company). Leaving it vague probably gets more clicks.
- ChuckMcM 14y agoOh I'm sure they are counting on the rageviews. It is unfortunate for Tesla that part of the price of getting the loan from the DOE was to open themselves up more widely to the political process.
- fletchowns 14y agoIf you had any uncertainty of what he was referring to (the person vs. the car company) you must have been living under a rock for the past year.
- wmf 14y agoWhy would Romney have anything at all to say about Nikola Tesla?
- SquareWheel 14y agoI have no idea but it was my first assumption. But then I also assumed it was taken out of context.
- jes5199 14y agoMaybe he was upset about the Kickstarter to build a Tesla museum. Maybe he wanted an Edison museum.
- wwweston 14y agoWhile clarity is nice, it probably isn't necessary in this case. Heck, they could have left off "Mitt" and we could still safely assume the article wasn't about George Romney bagging on ol' Nikola.
- madiator 14y agoWhich Mitt Romney are you talking about?
- smartician 14y agoWill probably get downvoted, but my first thought when reading the headline was, "Why would Romney call Nikola Tesla a loser, posthumously? Is it because Edison had been able to turn his inventions into economic successes, while Tesla died penniless? Not very nice of him to add insult to injury." After I clicked it, at first I wondered why there is a picture of a car on top of the article. And then I realized what an idiot I am.