Esophagus4 2 days ago

We’re really just tired of news slowly morphing into Buzzfeed style clickbait, and this is our only outlet to complain about it.

Other annoying headlines:

“This is why interest rates are so high”

“What I learned about X from one month doing Y”

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  • tavavex 2 days ago

    I'm not seeing how this article is clickbait of any kind. Betteridge's Law really only works for articles that manufacture a provocative question out of nowhere to attract readership, and then have to sheepishly back down in the article body because obviously it's not true. But this article is formulated as a question because it has genuine speculation about the future that nobody is quite sure about. It has points for both sides of the argument. There's no Yes/No answer here. How else would you format the title of such an article?

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    • Esophagus4 2 days ago

      Did you read the article?

      The author admits that the answer to his own question is no. Which, again, affirms Betteridge’s Law.

      > A more plausible explanation for the present weak patch, and for companies’ reluctance to hire, is Trumpian uncertainty. That is now beginning to ease. The chaos of Mr Trump’s tariff roll-out seems to be receding. Deportations and changes to visa rules will remain disruptive, but businesses are starting to adapt. Although 2026 is unlikely to be a year of calm and clarity for America, it may well be a bit less frenzied. That would boost the labour market. American workers’ decade-long hot streak may have longer to run.

      To paraphrase his conclusion: no. Things are soft, but in general, probably fine for 2026.

      This is what I am saying - I’m sick of seeing sensational, clickbait, disaster-porn headlines, especially when the author timidly backs off and plays both sides once they have your attention. It’s such a lack of journalistic integrity.

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