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I swapped the original article at the request of a mod to from a source deemed more reliable, but to avoid confusion when reading the comment section prior to this edit, here is the link to the original article. I chose the Relief Web source listed by some who commented. Cheers!

  • jet@hackertalks.com
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    11 months ago

    Most people don’t read the articles, they read titles and they take the inference and go to the comments and fight. Titles that are misleading are effectively lies.

    In the propaganda war, titles are ammunition

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      11 months ago

      Okay, good point, like I said, I know what you mean about the title, but does a bad title necessarily mean the article is not factual?

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        11 months ago

        Yes. Misleading title is a lie. Putting that lie into the title of our community makes this entire discussion premised on a lie. Most people are not going to read the article, and the hasbara / propaganda of the title still gets the eyeballs. So it is a net negative