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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish27•2 months agoYou can’t give a platform or a stage to these people. You’re disrespecting your own journalism when you do.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink11•2 months agoThey don’t even put the answer in the title, this is peak irresponsible journalism.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 months agoWell, yes. If you want to correct people being lied to by clickbait, the best way to reach them with the truth is also going to be clickbait. You’re not the target audience.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 months agoAnd any question in a headline can be answered with no. Otherwise it would be a statement.
You can’t give a platform or a stage to these people. You’re disrespecting your own journalism when you do.
They don’t even put the answer in the title, this is peak irresponsible journalism.
FTFY
Well, yes. If you want to correct people being lied to by clickbait, the best way to reach them with the truth is also going to be clickbait. You’re not the target audience.
And any question in a headline can be answered with no. Otherwise it would be a statement.
Better let the misinformation go uncountered, right?