Principled Man Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 A simple Google search this morning returned the following headlines: Robitussin cough syrups recalled for contamination. Here's what to know. Shelling in Florida: Here’s what to know before picking up a seashell Are bobcats dangerous? Here's what to know about the Arizona wildcat New Travel Center Approved In Orange: Here's What To Know What causes fog? Here's what to know Annual, world-famous Naples Winter Wine Festival is this weekend: Here's what to know Here's what you need to know: Thursday, Jan. 25 Pokemon Is 'Investigating' Palworld For Potential IP Infringement—Here’s What To Know About The Controversial Game That’s Gone Viral What You Need To Know Ahead of Google-Parent Alphabet's Earnings on Tuesday Travel to Hawaii? Here is what you need to know about the proposed tourist tax What you need to know about the 2024 Finnish presidential election Here's what you need to know: Thursday, Jan. 25 California relaxes COVID isolation guidance. What you need to know Robitussin cough syrup recalled due to contamination; What you need to know From Filing Dates To Refunds, What You Need To Know About Tax Filing Season Trends in Motor Vehicle Theft: What You Need to Know What you need to know about Bjork's rocky past What you need to know as President Biden visits Superior Thursday ********************************************************************************************************* If I'm the only one who suffers greatly from reading such heinous content, please tell me. I'll go seek help right away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 The Washington Post switched to this format a few years ago. It is absolutely terrible. It reminds me of the news stories in the movie Starship Troopers. "Do you want to know more?" I'm for whatever you want to do to them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted January 25 Author Share Posted January 25 (edited) 2 hours ago, Maverick said: The Washington Post switched to this format a few years ago. It is absolutely terrible. It reminds me of the news stories in the movie Starship Troopers. "Do you want to know more?" I'm for whatever you want to do to them. The pretentiousness of "What you need to know" really irks me. It's a major pet peeve of mine. It would be fine if the headlines said, "Here's what we know." It at least suggest that the reporters actually did some research and learned something..... Edited January 25 by Principled Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Carmina Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 56 minutes ago, Principled Man said: The pretentiousness of "What you need to know" really irks me. It's a major pet peeve of mine. It would be fine if the headlines said, "Here's what we know." It at least suggests that the reporters actually did some research and learned something..... I suspect this is a change synchronous with being able to click on links on newspaper websites. You hardly need to do that when the story is right there, but if the writer/editor/paper needs to drive traffic with clicks, then it becomes necessary to induce them. This is a classic "be afraid of what you don't know" psychology. As such, it's reptile-brain laziness-driven. Part of the Great National Dumbing Down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BastillePark Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Somewhere someone first used that phrase and it caught on and now the sheep can't help themselves. It's similar to the phrase "moving forward" that live news people use ad nauseam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 I saw a Consequence headline that made it suggest that Reba McEntire and Post Malone would perform at Super Bowl without mentioning that Reba is just doing the national anthem. Just saying, country and rap have collaborated. Seen a lot on Todd in the Shadows' video reviews like Lil Nas X and Billy Ray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Maverick Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 20 hours ago, Principled Man said: The pretentiousness of "What you need to know" really irks me. It's a major pet peeve of mine. It would be fine if the headlines said, "Here's what we know." It at least suggest that the reporters actually did some research and learned something..... We can change to way newspapers and other publications write their headlines. Here's how. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grep Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 It's just like pop up ads - one kind of trains themselves to not see them> only so much as to either dismiss it, or not otherwise engage with it by mistake. Without reading or allowing the actual message to reach the thinking part of the brain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbear05 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 On 1/25/2024 at 1:13 PM, Maverick said: The Washington Post switched to this format a few years ago. It is absolutely terrible. It reminds me of the news stories in the movie Starship Troopers. "Do you want to know more?" I'm for whatever you want to do to them. Or the National Enquirer's tagline, "Enquiring minds want to know." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 1 hour ago, pjbear05 said: Or the National Enquirer's tagline, "Enquiring minds want to know." That was in their commercials in the 80's and 90's right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbear05 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 16 hours ago, Maverick said: That was in their commercials in the 80's and 90's right? Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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