• macattack@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    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

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      3 months ago

      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.

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          3 months ago

          Security Incident is any and everything.

          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.