Max Payne beats Diablo to UK No. 1

@superdude100 Ouch...

@ghstbstr What a great attitude. "I don't care so why should anyone else?" Wonderful...

@Shanks_D_Chop A headline should be a very short idea of what the article is about rather than a "I gotcha ya" thing.

@ClaudiusCaesar Cheated? Only if it really got your hopes up, surely? It's a news article; no matter what context it might be in you should never jump the gun based on the headline.

And people who only read the big letters, figuratively and literally, will often find themselves holding the short end of the stick. Figuratively. They'll learn. Eventually. If I did, anyone can. =P

@Shanks_D_Chop Sure, there is some valid information on this article. But, as a reader, you feel cheated by the title. Also, some people read just the title.

@ClaudiusCaesar Okay, I see what you're saying and I half agree but there IS valid information in this article. The title is... well, it is kinda misleading but at the same time it's not. It says "Max Payne beats Diablo to UK No. 1" and none of that is false, just non-specific. It's misleading only if you then assume the rest of the story before reading the article.

@Whitebloodsun Like a headline "Diablo is number one on sells". "Base on my purchases, Diablo is on top of sells". People come to read my report, I make some bucks but I don't give any valid information for anyone.

@Shanks_D_Chop Exactly, what we could call good reporting (base on facts to inform people) and bad reporting (just to make money).

@ClaudiusCaesar Look, I appreciate how you feel. But reporting and facts are not synonymous. Reporting is a verb. It is not dependent on anything contained within that action being truthful.

Thank you for answering my first question. :)

But isn't that UFO article is also an attempt to attract as many readers as possible?

Reporting IS saying fact. But part of reporting is to actually get people to read the article.

Same as the title, "Max Payne beats Diablo to UK No. 1" is a fact. But the title is written that way to creates a news worthiness so that it can attract many viewers.

@Shanks_D_Chop I know most press do that, but still BAD reporting.

@Whitebloodsun It's a FACT that someone SAID that he/she saw a UFO.

@ClaudiusCaesar No... it's not. It's admirable that you feel so strongly that it SHOULD but it's not the case. Pick up the Daily Mail some time and decide how much of it is fact...

@ClaudiusCaesar

That's not right either, I had once read an article reporting about someone saw a UFO. Is that facts?

Or is that just an attempt to attract many people to read the article?