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Do News Story Headlines Always Have To Ask A Huge Rhetorical Question?


I like article titles with rhetorical questions because I don't need to read the article.


The answer is always "no", and you can keep doing what you were doing.


Betteridge's law of headlines is an adage that states, "Any headline which ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no."


Today in our supplement: Is Betteridge's Law always true?





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