Why I Distrust Headlines

—They’re not trustworthy! I mentioned this in the past, but today I’ll let someone else do the talking:

There is a widespread belief that Florida will be the first state to go underwater due to rising sea level. Even the fact-checked New York Times described Florida as “going beneath the waves.” However that is not at all correct. Vulnerability to rising sea level is hyper-local and cannot be generalized. As the four color-coded elevation zones on this map show.

https://johnenglander.net/florida-is-not-going-underwater-anytime-soon/

The New York Times, of all places, distorting the facts! All I gotta say is don’t trust headlines.

Here’s the map, in case you’re interested:

PS—I just ran into another example; some headlines on the same topic.

• A Black Hole Collided With Something That Shouldn’t Exist
• LIGO-Virgo Finds A Mystery Object In A Mass Gap
• Black hole eats mystery object in latest gravitational wave detection
• The heaviest known neutron star — or the lightest known black hole

Can you tell which one is sensationalized? Which one do you think is the best?