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Jeff Bezos killed Washington Post endorsement of Kamala Harris, paper reports (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/economy

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[–] Eheran -5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

That is not the same as "[name] killed".

[–] adam_y 6 points 2 months ago

It sort of is.

He used his executive position to kill the story.

Could they have written the headline, "Washington Post Endorsement Killed by Bezos"?

Sure. But tradition dictates you lead with the person. People are interested in people.

You are right. It is click-baity, but that's because it is a newspaper headline and all newspaper headlines are "click bait". They literally invented it. That's why we have headlines. Often in bold and large type.

I disagree that this is misleading though, especially if you expect folk to read the whole sentence.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Who do you imagine killed the story then?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You're right and that's not what's written there. It is "killed [object/action]" i.e. the endorsement.

To me this thread sounds more like ragebait than the original title.