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[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca -1 points 9 months ago

A headline is supposed to convey a simple straight forward summary of the article, without any question or confusion about the content.

This headline is anything but straight forward .... it can mean multiple things to multiple different groups of people ... and the writer and news agency can feign ignorance and call it all a misunderstanding if anyone reading it questions the headline.

A sign of a bad news agency or an unreliable source is when they produce headlines that beg more questions about the presentation, journalist, writer, or news agency than the actual article they shared.

[-] FlowVoid@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

I thought it was straightforward.

Democrats voted on a resolution for an arms embargo, and the vote failed.

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

That's actually less straightforward

[-] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yeah I still don't understand the people having a problem with this?

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

What things? How are you reading it that's what I'm not understanding either. You say it can convey multiple things but I'm not seeing it.

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