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douglas9401 | 09:11 Thu 30th Jan 2025 | News
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Hundreds of enfeebled readers sought shelter below their beds as the Mail revealed that the headline bore only a passing resemblance to the subsequent text.

A spokesperson said "It's their own fault, they keep buying the paper and burning through stories so we have to sensationalise more and more."

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14338851/Scientists-warn-city-destroying-asteroid-hurtling-Earth-heres-hit.html

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The comments are funny though.  Nobody is worrying about it, you're headline is exaggerated somewhat

DM, and other tabloids get their money from ads and that requires cliks to justify and sell those ads.

Simply put they use clickbait.  In the "old days" they just had the front page to entice people but now it needs most articles to be skewed to encourage those clicks into it.

It's easy enough though, read the story not the headline.

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A couple of assumptions there, Baza, as well as superfluous punctuation.

Not all Mailistas are as level-headed as your good self.

It's like people who think aliens have visited earth in the past dougie. Deluded fools just latching on to a few sentences as gospel.

I didnt have you down as a Mail reader,best sticking to the P & J and Daily Record,Dougie.

Better get Bruce Willis ready!

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Great, somebody woke up the fishwife.

Sadly Bruce has FTD but I'm sure he'll come out of retirement for one last gig.

It was the"enfeebled Mail readers"that got me Dougie.Are you not being a wee bit harsh on yourself?

IF "scientists" said it was city destroying & heading towards earth the headline is accurate - and the text sets out the actuality. No problem.

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