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by gelert 453 days ago
The Times is a UK newspaper with a British audience. I agree the HN title is disingenuous though.
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Yup, just didn’t want people outside the Uk to get hopeful at all :)
Opting for a .com domain vs a .co.uk doesn't help.

Especially with a lot of UK papers printing "US editions" now - even the goddamn BBC redirects me to a "US news" site when I attempt to access BBC News. If I wanted US-centric news the BBC is probably the last place I'd check but I guess clicks and ad revenue reign supreme.

I wouldn’t call it disingenuous. It’s the published title (i.e. not editorialised for HN) and accurate enough for its intended audience.