merde alors@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · 8 days agoCan all headlines that are questions be answered with No?message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up132arrow-down1message-squareCan all headlines that are questions be answered with No?merde alors@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · 8 days agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremorgunkornlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·8 days agoIf you dare to be wrong, sure! See Betteridge’s law of headlines: “Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.”
minus-squaremorgunkornlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·8 days agoFrom today’s BBC front page: Why are thousands of people protesting in Turkey? NO! How often should you wash your feet? NO!
minus-squaremasterspace@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-28 days agoIn the case of the first one, it’s really a statement phrased as a question. The headline would more accurately be: Here’s why thousands of people are protesting in Turkey In the case of the second the answer is still the negative / null case, i.e: It doesn’t really matter how often you wash your feet
If you dare to be wrong, sure!
See Betteridge’s law of headlines: “Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.”
From today’s BBC front page:
In the case of the first one, it’s really a statement phrased as a question. The headline would more accurately be:
In the case of the second the answer is still the negative / null case, i.e: