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Oopsie Daisy

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3. "...by presenting it as a question, they are not accountable for whether it is correct or not."

Reply to keep_left (Reply #2)

Sun Jan 12, 2025, 07:42 AM

Jan 12

It is based on the assumption that if the publishers were confident that the answer was yes, they would have presented it as an assertion; by presenting it as a question, they are not accountable for whether it is correct or not.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines

(Thanks for the links, keep_left.)

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Clickybait-y headline in the form of a question ... and the answer is "NO" (as usual) Oopsie Daisy Jan 11 #1

LOL...you just stated "Betteridge's Law". keep_left Jan 11 #2

"...by presenting it as a question, they are not accountable for whether it is correct or not." Oopsie Daisy Jan 12 #3

"[Writers] know the story is probably bullshit, and don't actually have the sources and facts to back it up..." Oopsie Daisy Jan 12 #4