I started to notice a trend on Mastodon and Lemmy where the person criticize a news source for writing a minimally biased headline.

Sometimes, I even notice a person posting a article on Mastodon to provide commentary, and in the replies you would find a person criticizing the headline for not using loaded words.

Is there is any specific reason for people doing this?

  • jet@hackertalks.com
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    12 days ago

    Irresponsible driver kills cyclist at xy intersection.

    And you read the article and it’s a ambulance with it’s sirens on, going through a a green light that the cyclist was running.

    The reason unbiased/factual headlines are preferred is because there can always be context we miss at the reporting time.