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What a devious headline. Imagine it as "Codebreaker for MI6 murdered after going to <FILL IN THE BLANK>" and you'll spot the trick here.
by ktd 13y ago
What a devious headline. Imagine it as "Codebreaker for MI6 murdered after going to <FILL IN THE BLANK>" and you'll spot the trick here.
- 8ig8 13y agoFrom the article... "Codebreaker for MI6 murdered after going to Harrods Department Store"
- diydsp 13y agoCodebreaker for M16 murdered after undergoing TSA Search! Codebreaker for M16 murdered after visiting legal prostitution state! Seriously, this is (yet another) bit of irresponsible journalism headlines (titulars = British?) from Wired. They're trying hard to be "the finger on the pulse of the wild west world of cyberspace." facepalm.wav
- charlus 13y agoTo be fair, it was Ck2 who added the word "murdered" not Wired.
- diydsp 13y agoand check it out... Wired has changed the headline... Just like the Guardian did two weeks ago on that "let herself be gang-raped" headline. [1][2] It's now "Codebreaker found in bag attended US security conference before death". AND as a matter of fact, I just went back to triple-check the Guardian article and guess what? They changed it AGAIN. They replaced the word "molested" with "endured sexual assault." Are they A/B testing? What is going on?! (wake up sheeple...) [1]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6374829 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6374829 [2]http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/sep/08/beeban-kidron-inreallife-interview-teenagers http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/sep/08/beeban-kidron-in...