Difference between revisions of "Betteridge's law of headlines"
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*[http://pubcit.typepad.com/clpblog/2013/06/is-american-express-v-italian-colors-the-worst-supreme-court-arbitration-case-ever.html "Is American Express v. Italian Colors the 'Worst Supreme Court Arbitration Case Ever'?"] | *[http://pubcit.typepad.com/clpblog/2013/06/is-american-express-v-italian-colors-the-worst-supreme-court-arbitration-case-ever.html "Is American Express v. Italian Colors the 'Worst Supreme Court Arbitration Case Ever'?"] | ||
*[http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/10/03/334251/has-corporate-america-achieved-total-judicial-victory-over-american-consumers/ "Has Corporate America Achieved Total Judicial Victory over American Consumers?"] | *[http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/10/03/334251/has-corporate-america-achieved-total-judicial-victory-over-american-consumers/ "Has Corporate America Achieved Total Judicial Victory over American Consumers?"] | ||
| + | *[http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2013/08/04/boy-says-jeopardy-cheated-him/2617223/ "Did 'Jeopardy!' cheat a boy out of a win?"] | ||
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Revision as of 05:37, August 19, 2013
Betteridge's law of headlines states that headlines that end with a question mark can be safely answered "no".[1]
Possible examples
- "Did Last.fm Just Hand Over User Listening Data to the RIAA?", criticized by Ian Betteridge himself.
- "Was Mitt Romney a Vietnam Draft Dodger?"
- "Obama Born in Kenya?"
- "Was 2012 a BAD year for Reddit atheism? Does atheism have a strong tendency to ruin everything it touches?"
- "Did the Obama regime blackmail John Roberts to change his Obamacare decision?"
- "Is American Express v. Italian Colors the 'Worst Supreme Court Arbitration Case Ever'?"
- "Has Corporate America Achieved Total Judicial Victory over American Consumers?"
- "Did 'Jeopardy!' cheat a boy out of a win?"