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		Kylekramer on June 25, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Snowden distributed encrypted copies of NSA docs ... That would be a terrible headline based on that quote. Speculative, sensationalized headlines are undesirable even if they push an agenda you support. Makes it very easy to dismiss.

contingencies on June 25, 2013 | [–]

Speculative, sensationalized headlines are undesirable

Oh, I agree completely! Unfortunately, copywriters for almost every popular newspaper in the world do this by rote.

I added a question mark. :)

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