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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

For those of you wondering, the answer wound up being "yes it is". This is why click bait headlines are bad.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In this instance, I think maybe the fact that they're asking, at all, is more telling/alarming/relevant than whatever the answer purportedly is.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

What kind of amateur journalist doesn't know Betteridge's law of headlines?