• @NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
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    772 years ago

    Not that the headline isn’t accurate. But anytime an article uses loaded words like ‘slams’ you automatically know it isn’t going to report just the facts of what happened, and I usually just don’t read articles like that.

    • tate
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      132 years ago

      This article was pretty much exactly what its headline said. It is mostly extensive quotes from Shawn Fain, which could aptly be described as “slamming” Trump.

    • Bipta
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      112 years ago

      I don’t find that to be a particularly effective heuristic.

      • If a headline is click bait, you can’t really expect the rest of the article to be honest and straightforward either. If that’s not convincing enough, you can always find a few websites that rate news sites and see what they have to say about them.

        • mosiacmango
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          92 years ago

          Journalists write articles, editors write headlines. These two roles have different motivations, but it doesnt mean a editor making a clikbait title detracts from a reporter’s journalist integrity.

          Reporting can 100% be clean and fair even with bad headlines.

            • mosiacmango
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              62 years ago

              People’s habits have nothing to do with a journalist’s quailty of work. A fine article not read is still a fine article.

              • @freecandy@lemmy.world
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                12 years ago

                “Reporting can 100% be clean and fair even with bad headlines.”

                This is the part I disagree with. People are very often misled by bogus clickbait headlines.

              • @criitz@reddthat.com
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                12 years ago

                A fine article is less likely to have a clickbait headline than a clickbait article is. So it’s a decent correlation.

    • WashedOver
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      62 years ago

      The Detroit free press went with this headline: ‘Let me be blunt’: UAW VP for GM has strong words about Trump’s visit to Michigan

    • @jscummy@sh.itjust.works
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      42 years ago

      Look at this guy who missed the absolute beatdown the UAW president put on Trump. Ran up on stage mid event and hit Trump with a clean double leg takedown

    • prole
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      22 years ago

      I generally agree, but I’m not sure “slams” is really that bad. It’s when you see shit like “eviscerates,” or “destroys”.