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This is somewhat off topic, but these kinds of headlines should be auto-flagged from every news aggregator site on the web. Asking a question which seems to inc
by marknutter 12y ago
This is somewhat off topic, but these kinds of headlines should be auto-flagged from every news aggregator site on the web. Asking a question which seems to incriminate its subject is click-baity at best and unethical at worst. Either make the claim or not and back it up in the article. Don't just throw bullshit questions into your headline. For example:
"Is the Washington Post the Most Unethical Publication in the Nation?"
- kej 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines
- flycaliguy 12y agoMaybe click baity, but it is a serious question which is being asked. Not out of the blue but after a pretty shocking revelation of the unnecessary information they are gathering. Opening up innocent people to hacking is one of the most important reasons that this new school of data gathering is being discussed. Is it unethical when it appears as if the answer is almost certinly "YES!"? edit: I'm specifically thinking of Uber gathering which customers have phones with vulnerabilities.
- marknutter 12y agoIf the answer is "Yes" then they should put it in the fucking headline.