![]() It also resembles the increasingly frequent and very annoying “listicles” that appeal to people for reasons I don’t quite understand. Why? My best guess is that papers are trying to dumb down the headlines to attract readers, and the “here’s what you need to know” trope makes the readers feel like they can be completely satisfied after they read it. This seems to be a new trend in journalism, spreading like coronavirus among newspapers. (I have no objection to briefing, my objection is the hectoring, “Here’s what you need to know.”) Or “Kobe Bryant’s tragedy helped me deal with my husband’s sudden death.” UP: Relatives torture 6-year-old girl with hot iron rod, case registered 4 October 2022, 15:29 pm Punjab: Woman gives birth on hospital floor after allegedly being denied entry to labour room 30. An army of rubber ducks joined a fake gator head in the Flagler College pool Friday after students decided to prank maintenance staffs silly solution to. How do they know what I need to know? Maybe I need to know more! Why not just say “Briefing on China’s Virus Outbreak”. Why? I suppose because I don’t want some bozo journalists telling me “everything I need to know”. Now I already know some readers are going to tell me that they don’t object to this, and that’s fine. This patronizing meme, which is completely unnecessary, seems to be spreading it’s now showing up in the New York Times: It’s a perfect record! And note that the last one even says, “Here’s what I want you to know.” To me, that has the air of someone grabbing you by the lapels on the street and shouting their woes at you whether you want to hear them or not. It finally happened: all four of the stories in yesterday’s HuffPost “personal” section have headlines that have “what and how” tropes about “here’s what you need to know” or “how X affected me”. While I’m doing research on two more substantive pieces I hope to post today and tomorrow, I’ll fill in the time with some persiflage. headlines without understanding what they're after the bimbo factor of dumb reporters (or dumb questions) without a clue what to ask or who to pursue.
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