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Can we remove:

-"Why x matters" -"What we know" -"Slammed" and -"Number x will shock you!"

from all news headlines?

I wish. Newspapers seem to have decided that the best way to attract readers is to imitate the magazines that live near the supermarket checkout.

Can you blame them? It's ultimately driven by users. If we didn't click on these article titles, the publishers wouldn't use these ridiculous formats.

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