Apparently, from the first time that this all came up back in 2022, you and some cat named Kat could have got together on the subject of #QuestionHeadlines .
https://stylist.co.uk/opinion/paul-morland-tax-childless/678713
#QuestionHeadlines
Taking the 'and' to be a logical operator, obviously 'No.' anded with anything is still 'No.'.
Except in #Python, of course.
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There's a Web Developer somewhere in #Meta who is looking at the 'some' in that headline and treating it as a bug report.
At least it's not a yes/no question, though. (-:
@ianbetteridge
#QuestionHeadlines #Facebook #Instagram #SkyNews #WebDevelopers #ConsentOrPay
I think that the customary @ianbetteridge answer is (a) not what the piece goes on to claim in its body, (b) not spontaneous.
We just point @ianbetteridge at it, and the job gets done straightaway. (-:
Talking of male journalists; this one (or, possibly, xyr editor who might have written the headline) has a question to answer:
https://mastodon.scot/@JdeBP/115574802659421946
#TheIndependent #QuestionHeadlines #USPolitics #BadJournalism
Why the Hell is The Independent, with the byline of Owen Scott, the only news outlet to frame this as a question headline?
@ianbetteridge would consult Snopes, or even simply view the footage, and answer "Yes, #DonaldJTrump did.".
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/fact-check-trump-called-reporter-204800150.html
Everyone else has the integrity to make a direct statement. Indeed, far from the reporter's name being "unknown", many outlets have named Catherine Lucey of Bloomberg.
I think that @ianbetteridge would put this in "No.", but at the edge of the category.
"photography as we know it" has included Photoshop et al. for years, after all. If the headline weren't so hyperbolic, I think that we might have had a rare Betteridge "Yes." here, though.
Yes/no questions about yes/no #QuestionHeadlines can also be answered "No.", too.
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BUG REPORT: The Economist is trying to introduce fuzzy logic. With quantum mechanical sub-heads.
https://economist.com/science-and-technology/2025/09/19/are-touchscreens-in-cars-dangerous
#QuestionHeadlines #FuzzyLogic #TheEconomist #QuantumMechanics
SYS2005: Betteridge not found.
Insert boot disc and press any key to continue.
Three. @ianb uses full stops.
I don't know about Forbes, but question head answers to the New Statesman have of late been prefixed by a "Ha ha ", as well, so there are 200% extra bytes there too. (-:
To save reading pain:
Betteridge chap knows answer
to "Hello?" headline.
#senryu #PopeFrancis #BlueSuit #DonaldJTrump #QuestionHeadlines #journalism
Our happy knowledge:
Linda does not read the awful
"Hello?" magazine.
https://hellomagazine.com/news/828684/did-donald-trump-break-protocol-pope-francis-funeral/
#senryu #PopeFrancis #BlueSuit #DonaldJTrump #QuestionHeadlines #journalism
When there's an AND operator in a question headline, there's a bit of leeway as to which part is the falsehood. (-:
BUG REPORT: I might have found a "Yes.".
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/world/is-elon-musk-to-blame-for-tesla-slump/
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And cue @ianb with the answer that we all know, in three … two … one …
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We have a ruling on the question head, too. (-:
First-person expert-written op-eds in specialist publications are, after all, exempt from the underlying criterion that the author lacks an expert source supplying an answer.
Although Viscount Northcliffe would have deplored using a question head where one could actually state something directly.
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