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by SunshineTheCat 220 days ago
Generally speaking, when a news headline asks a yes/no question, the answer is almost always "no."

Otherwise they would've have just lead with the "fact" instead of speculation (which is most of what legacy news traffics in these days).

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Otherwise known as Betteridge's law of headlines.
It's interesting to see an example of Betteridge's law where the consequent is normative rather than informative, though. "No, it shouldn't", rather than "no, it isn't".