The Law Of Headlines...

Did you know there have been several studies about this law? Basically, it says that you can bet that headlines can be nothing more than a way to draw you in, but we already know that...right?

It is really a little more complex than that, so let me see if this article explains it better.

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Law: Betteridge’s law of headlines

Betteridge’s law—sometimes referred to as Davis’s law, or the “journalistic principle” from Murphy’s law—states that “any headline which ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.” The adage, named after British tech journalist Ian Betteridge (though he wasn’t the first to make note of it), displays a cynicism over headlines that attempt to lure readers into an often outlandish and unproven story. Headlines like “will the world end tomorrow?” and “have scientists cured cancer?” are pretty obviously answered in the negative.

The next time you run across a newspaper headline that asks a question (more specifically, a yes-or-no question), try to answer “no.” Most often, you’ll find that you’re right—Betteridge’s law makes note of the fact that this type of headline is a lazy, sometimes fear-mongering way of drawing a reader in.

I got this article from Listverse, where they have some other strange Laws you can rean about. Pretty interesting stuff!

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