Wow that title is clickbait-y. The headline makes it sound like some right-wing extremist nearly succeeded in kidnapping Harris’ stepdaughter. Turns out some bumbling buttinsky tampered with a car motification they thought was illegal with no knowledge the car had anything to do with the Secret Service or Harris’ stepdaughter.
The headline makes it sound like some right-wing extremist nearly succeeded in kidnapping Harris’ stepdaughter.
no, it really doesn’t. the author can’t be responsible for your wild imagination. i personally wonder why this is worth news article at all, but if it has to be reported, this headline is as boring as can be.
The author is not responsible, but the people who write the headlines for these articles are, and they purposefully wrote it in a way that you won’t tamp down expectations until actually clicking and reading the article. It’s bait-and-switch adjacent and could’ve led w/ a more neutral title.
no, it can’t be everything. one thing it cannot be is attempted kidnapping. because, as i already explained to you, attempted kidnapping would definitely not be described as “security incident”.
out of all possible explanations, you jumped to the most ridiculous one, and somehow it is someone else’s fault.
Wow that title is clickbait-y. The headline makes it sound like some right-wing extremist nearly succeeded in kidnapping Harris’ stepdaughter. Turns out some bumbling buttinsky tampered with a car motification they thought was illegal with no knowledge the car had anything to do with the Secret Service or Harris’ stepdaughter.
no, it really doesn’t. the author can’t be responsible for your wild imagination. i personally wonder why this is worth news article at all, but if it has to be reported, this headline is as boring as can be.
The author is not responsible, but the people who write the headlines for these articles are, and they purposefully wrote it in a way that you won’t tamp down expectations until actually clicking and reading the article. It’s bait-and-switch adjacent and could’ve led w/ a more neutral title.
Here’s a real example of how it’s done w/o clickbait: https://alexandrite.app/lemmy.world/post/18157498
are you high? how is this not neutral? you know what the headline would say, if the vice president’s daughter was “almost kidnapped”?
probably something like “VICE PRESIDENT’S DAUGHTER ALMOST KIDNAPPED”, not “individual apprehended after security incident”.
again, other people are not responsible for your attempt to read between lines and finding made up bullshit there.
Security Incident is any and everything. Messing w/ a license plate is a nothingburger from a reader perspective and that’s why they buried the lede. AP News doesn’t do that: NYC man accused of damaging license plates on Secret Service vehicles guarding VP’s stepdaughter. Clearly based on the downvotes you’re getting, I’m not the only one seeing the nuance here.
no, it can’t be everything. one thing it cannot be is attempted kidnapping. because, as i already explained to you, attempted kidnapping would definitely not be described as “security incident”.
out of all possible explanations, you jumped to the most ridiculous one, and somehow it is someone else’s fault.
They’re exaggerating for effect. It helps if you read their entire comment and aren’t being extremely pedantic.