Biscoff creme eggs, Tiramisu hot cross buns: Have Easter treats gone too far? With the cost of living rising, shoppers give us their thoughts about the new versions of the Easter classics.

BBC headline: "Tiramisu hot cross buns, doughnut eggs: Have Easter treats gone too far?"

Narrator: "No."

Narrator thinks.

Narrator: "Duh."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyenwrz23go

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(Article makes a few good points when it's not prevaricating about saying "no" to the dumb question in the headline)

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Critics of MK rarely actually live there - this feels slightly like the premise of the video of was to mock 20th century planners and didn't factor in the reality that MK is Actually Perfectly Fine.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXTC...

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Does Betteridge’s Law Still Apply? Betteridge’s Law of Headlines states “”Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.”

medium.com/luminasticit...
"instead of saying Trump is a Fascist, you have Is Trump a Fascist? and similar changes of fact to become a yes or no question where the reporter is just bringing up the controversy."
#fascism #betteridge #nazis #trump #news

Does Betteridge’s Law Still Apply? Betteridge’s Law of Headlines states “”Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.”

medium.com/p/7faf7f3c0bd3
Does Betteridge's law still apply when Media needs to bow down to fascists to continue?
#betteridge #media #nazis #fascists #trump #theory #criticism

#Betteridge, #Marr, the answer is the same.

Look, this is a stupid clickbait problem as much as a headline problem. And NBC is to blame. As is everyone else that made this technique effective. Including users.

Betteridge and Marr telll you the answer is always no.

#SavedYouAClick

Does Betteridge’s Law Still Apply? Betteridge’s Law of Headlines states “”Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.”

So a question - in a fascist government - does Betteridge's law still apply?
medium.com/p/7faf7f3c0bd3
#fascism #media #betteridge

“AI could already be conscious. Are we ready for it?”

BBC “Science & Technology” strikes again. This piece is so astonishingly poor that even they eventually realised that they had to change the original headline, which was ridiculous even for them.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#betteridge #gell-mann-amnesia

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#Betteridge, #Marr, the answer is the same.

Het antwoord op een vraag in de kop van een artikel is doorgaans: nee.
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Listening to @lewisgoodall.bsky.social earlier. One of the current major stories in the UK involves a high profile lobby group. One that has a news presenter on its books. Question: should/can that news presenter report on this story with such a potential conflict of interest? #betteridge