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by p-e-w 1023 days ago
You're making it sound as if the headline was poorly written, perhaps by accident or by a poor writer.

I can assure you that isn't the case. Whoever wrote that headline is a copywriting genius. The headline conveys almost the exact opposite of what really happened, without being factually wrong.

That doesn't happen by accident.

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Does it?

For me the headline conveyed exactly what happened...

Curious what you would say the opposite is?
> Curious what you would say the opposite is?

“UK has not backed down in tech encryption row, minister says”

https://www.reuters.com/technology/uk-minister-says-position...

Can you give an example of what you think a better headline would be in this case?