Difference between revisions of "Betteridge's law of headlines"
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*[http://consumerist.com/2014/01/23/is-target-shaving-workers-hours-so-it-doesnt-have-to-insure-them/ "Is Target Shaving Workers’ Hours So It Doesn’t Have To Insure Them?"] | *[http://consumerist.com/2014/01/23/is-target-shaving-workers-hours-so-it-doesnt-have-to-insure-them/ "Is Target Shaving Workers’ Hours So It Doesn’t Have To Insure Them?"] | ||
*"Another significant blow to internet Darwinism and internet atheism?" | *"Another significant blow to internet Darwinism and internet atheism?" | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 14:27, February 18, 2014
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?"
- "Did George Zimmerman Lie To The Police?"
- "Obamacare Fines to be Seized From Bank Accounts?"
- "Obama DOT Plans use of National Guard to close I-495 Capital Beltway tomorrow?"
- "Was a Scientific Journal Canned for Disagreeing with the IPCC?"
- "Corporate Paid Umpires?"
- "Is Target Shaving Workers’ Hours So It Doesn’t Have To Insure Them?"
- "Another significant blow to internet Darwinism and internet atheism?"
- "Email and Internet censorship?"