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>> I agree they may not make news if they did this in a safe manner.

Maybe, maybe not. All they need to get eyeballs is a linkbaity FUD headline with a few extra scary sentences thrown in.

It's not as if the TV news doesn't already do this with their teasers for "Is eating too much XYZ going to kill you? Find out after the commercial break" only for you to find out that the story about XYZ is overblown and poorly vetted.




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