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Can all headlines that are questions be answered with No?
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this post was submitted on 24 Mar 2025
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No Stupid Questions
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For news/article headlines, I estimate 90% are No, if they are Yes/No questions. The reason is, the author had nothing interesting/new to tell, but needs to bait people to visit the news site to make money.
However, this Wiki page has some actual studies about it, not just my personal estimate: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines
Also, there's a new trend of adding "Here's why" to the end of headlines of really bad news articles.
“Here’s why” is basically a red flag for me. DO NOT READ THIS TRIPE!
"They thought they would be informed, then they read the headline"