Indeed. Headlines are almost always written by sub-editors, not by the author of the article. Quite often the headline will not reflect the whole article, and may well be completely misleading or sensational (aka clickbait... which existed way before clicks were a thing!).
Almost always worth ignoring, in other words.
Exclusive - Headlines are always completely correct!
A landmark study has provided the first evidence proving that newspaper and internet headlines are always completely correct. The study, conducted over a long period of time by a reputable agency, showed that in 96.4% of cases, newspaper headlines were right.
This news will be a bitter blow to Jeremy Corbyn, all left wingers, and all those who have complained needlessly about inaccurate news headlines.
blah blah blah lots more biased waffle for about half a page.....
The researchers explained the rigorous methodology behind their study:
"This study was designed to determine whether newspaper and online headlines are correct and right. As we all know, headlines are correct if they fulfill two criteria:
- Encourage people to click on them.
- Encourage people to buy this newspaper.
Based on this criteria, the vast majority of headlines were fully correct."
Some enemies of the people have tried to distract attention from this by asking whether the alignment of the headline with actual facts in the real world, or alignment with the content of the article below the headline, was studied.
"This aspect was not within our terms of reference - including this would have been a scandalous waste of money" stated a spokesperson.
