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Old 12-27-2014, 04:08 PM   #129
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Originally Posted by arjaybe View Post
The study specified light emitting devices. The researchers didn't write the headline, and the person who wrote the article probably didn't either. Don't make the mistake of damning them for the actions of a headline-writer.
I did not lump the overstating of the researchers with the overstating of the BBC article and I did not single out the article author. I did criticize the BBC.

I am sure there have been plenty of studies on the impact of headlines on what readers (as a whole) take away from an article, and I doubt that it has been shown to be negligible.
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