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*[http://toprightnews.com/?p=2422 "Is Sen. Harry Reid Behind the BLM Land Grab of the Bundy Ranch?"] | *[http://toprightnews.com/?p=2422 "Is Sen. Harry Reid Behind the BLM Land Grab of the Bundy Ranch?"] | ||
*[http://www.parkridgeattorney.com/2014/02/25/lots-lawyer-jokes-arbitrator-jokes/ "Mandatory Arbitration: Friend of Big Business and Enemy of Consumers?"] | *[http://www.parkridgeattorney.com/2014/02/25/lots-lawyer-jokes-arbitrator-jokes/ "Mandatory Arbitration: Friend of Big Business and Enemy of Consumers?"] | ||
| − | *[ | + | *[https://abcnews.go.com/Business/companies-voiding-sue-facebook/t/story?id=23363842 "Do Companies Void Your Right to Sue If You 'Like' Them on Facebook?"] |
*[http://consumerist.com/2007/07/23/are-aribitrators-punished-by-credit-card-companies-for-ruling-in-favor-of-the-consumer/ "Are Aribitrators <nowiki>[</nowiki>''sic''<nowiki>]</nowiki> Punished By Credit Card Companies For Ruling In Favor Of The Consumer?"] | *[http://consumerist.com/2007/07/23/are-aribitrators-punished-by-credit-card-companies-for-ruling-in-favor-of-the-consumer/ "Are Aribitrators <nowiki>[</nowiki>''sic''<nowiki>]</nowiki> Punished By Credit Card Companies For Ruling In Favor Of The Consumer?"] | ||
*"Did Obama set up an 'Constitution-exemption zone' within 100 miles of the U.S./Mexican border?" | *"Did Obama set up an 'Constitution-exemption zone' within 100 miles of the U.S./Mexican border?" | ||
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*[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3160894/Could-roads-PLASTIC-spell-end-potholes-Recycled-bottles-finally-end-scourge-motorist.html?ito=social-facebook "Could roads made from PLASTIC spell the end of potholes?"] | *[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3160894/Could-roads-PLASTIC-spell-end-potholes-Recycled-bottles-finally-end-scourge-motorist.html?ito=social-facebook "Could roads made from PLASTIC spell the end of potholes?"] | ||
*[http://fortune.com/2015/09/24/draftkings-fanduel-legal/ "Are DraftKings and FanDuel legal?"] | *[http://fortune.com/2015/09/24/draftkings-fanduel-legal/ "Are DraftKings and FanDuel legal?"] | ||
| − | *[ | + | *[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35066940 "Is Donald Trump a Democratic secret agent?"] |
*[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?"] | ||
*[https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/09/is-there-a-libertarian-case-for-bernie-sanders.html "Is There a Libertarian Case for Bernie Sanders?"] | *[https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/09/is-there-a-libertarian-case-for-bernie-sanders.html "Is There a Libertarian Case for Bernie Sanders?"] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:37, April 9, 2019
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?"
- "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?"—admitted satire
- "Was a Scientific Journal Canned for Disagreeing with the IPCC?"
- "Corporate Paid Umpires?"
- "Email and Internet censorship?"
- "Arbitration clauses on the rebound?"
- "Is Sen. Harry Reid Behind the BLM Land Grab of the Bundy Ranch?"
- "Mandatory Arbitration: Friend of Big Business and Enemy of Consumers?"
- "Do Companies Void Your Right to Sue If You 'Like' Them on Facebook?"
- "Are Aribitrators [sic] Punished By Credit Card Companies For Ruling In Favor Of The Consumer?"
- "Did Obama set up an 'Constitution-exemption zone' within 100 miles of the U.S./Mexican border?"
- "Forced Arbitration: The End of Class Action?"
- "Jihad: Obama a Recruiter?"
- "Did American Arbitration Association arbitrator have a conflict-of-interest?"
- "Could You Be Charged For Taking Photos Of National Forests?"
- "Did the GOP use Twitter to break campaign finance law?"
- "In Wake Of Target Ruling, Will Retailers Scale Back Security So They Can Plead Ignorance?"
- "Did Credit-Card Issuers Collude to Force Arbitration?"—according to a 2014 decision by a judge in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, the answer is no
- "Is Credit Card Arbitration a Lousy Deal for the Consumer?"
- "Can King v. Burwell Revive the Economy?"
- "Rogue Court?"—the first sentence of the article asks "Has the United States Supreme Court turned completely into a rogue court?"
- "Is HB 328 the “Non-Citizen Voter Protection Act”?!"
- "Is Texas’ Plan to Bring Home Its Stockpile of Gold Bars a Step Toward Secession?"
- "Could roads made from PLASTIC spell the end of potholes?"
- "Are DraftKings and FanDuel legal?"
- "Is Donald Trump a Democratic secret agent?"
- "Is Target Shaving Workers’ Hours So It Doesn’t Have To Insure Them?"
- "Is There a Libertarian Case for Bernie Sanders?"