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tomatsu · 2018-04-18 19:09:20

It seems that way because the headline is a lie.

lonelappde | karma 1602 | avg karma 0.51 · | 2019-08-23 21:51:34

Headline is a lie that the article body quickly contradicts.

dhoe | karma 528 | avg karma 3.83 · | 2012-05-24 13:01:30+00:00

No, it's not true. Some minor news outlet misunderstanding things.

rnestler | karma 477 | avg karma 3.59 · | 2020-12-30 04:41:56

True. Which leads us back to that it is a "Misleading sensationalist headline." as somebody else mentioned here.

_delirium | karma 42153 | avg karma 4.32 · | 2013-07-09 16:28:16+00:00

That's quite a bait-and-switch of a news article. The headline claims something, and then the article body says that, actually, they have no idea if their headline is correct or not, and their only sources were a deleted tweet and another tweet making vague reference to an apparently nonexistent newspaper article.

HPsquared | karma 7582 | avg karma 2.12 · | 2024-04-17 08:14:44

Maybe because it's an article commenting on a trend of inaccurate reporting, and is itself inaccurate.

hsnewman | karma 4302 | avg karma 3.48 · | 2019-12-12 12:28:11

I really dislike misleading headlines, so it could, or could not, right? This says nothing.

chillytoes | karma 8 | avg karma 0.38 · | 2020-03-15 18:25:49

This story and headline seems misleading at best, and fake news at worst.

kgrin | karma 1437 | avg karma 6.28 · | 2010-04-14 14:52:58+00:00

Maybe, but the article doesn't actually present any evidence that that's what's going on.

trentgreene | karma 362 | avg karma 3.07 · | 2022-04-09 12:44:06

This headline isn’t supported by the article at all

cryptoz | karma 19110 | avg karma 4.75 · | 2019-08-25 05:53:59+00:00

The way it is presented on HN is active disinformation. The headline is simply false.

93po | karma 2913 | avg karma 1.22 · | 2023-12-03 10:20:09

Agreed, the headline is massively misleading. Journalism at its finest

colejohnson66 | karma 9319 | avg karma 1.93 · | 2021-01-12 05:44:50+00:00

No. I’m questioning whether this article is being truthful in its reporting.

weknowbetter | karma 10 | avg karma 0.56 · | 2023-03-15 21:36:37

Yeah this article seems sensational to the point of being deliberately misleading.

readbeard | karma 330 | avg karma 3.93 · | 2019-12-10 16:52:26+00:00

I don’t know, but their clickbaity headline writing isn’t doing their credibility any favors in my book.

bonzoT | karma 1 | avg karma 0.08 · | 2015-03-11 20:20:12

This seems like an awful long time to wait to backpedal on an issue that they strenuously claimed was true. Or maybe the headline is misleading.

secure | karma 4519 | avg karma 8.98 · | 2012-02-26 14:56:27

I think both the headline is wrong (I don’t see where they explicitly warn people, can someone point it out?) and the interview contains no actual facts. The only statements are "probably" and "I’m not sure"…

SpicyLemonZest | karma 7300 | avg karma 1.46 · | 2021-07-29 11:23:56

Even the text of the article clearly doesn't support the headline.

slovette | karma 607 | avg karma 3.37 · | 2018-11-19 19:41:20+00:00

Wow that is the most egregious, sensationalized headline I’ve ever seen. It might as well just be plain dishonest.

alpaca128 | karma 7759 | avg karma 2.86 · | 2023-05-05 06:46:42

The existence of this news article says no.