"Hyperbolic headlines" refers to news or article titles that use exaggerated and sensational language to capture attention and create a stronger impact on the reader.
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In January, a study by European researchers tied genetically modified corn created by Monsanto to toxicity in the kidney and liver, resulting in
hyperbolic headlines about the danger of GM foods.
The thematical setting of trying to stop an ISIS land invasion of the EU is an obviously transparent marketing strategy designed to appeal to a certain audience within the gaming community, and perhaps also to additionally
garner hyperbolic headlines from the more reactionary members of the gaming press in an effort to get free publicity.
Thankfully, the Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy difficulty saga is not one that has been met with
such hyperbolic headlines across the board.
Worried that «email is no longer a secure means of communication» in light of the past 24 hours
of hyperbolic headlines?
People, there is so much to take issue with in yesterday's Sunday Review piece by Kate Murphy, starting with that
ridiculously hyperbolic headline, I hardly know where to begin.
When I wrote a (consciously)
hyperbolic headline about guest rooms as the enemy of sustainability, I was soon accused of hypocrisy.
Now to be clear, there are reasons not to overreact to
the hyperbolic headlines.
Normally, the announcement that yet another species is in danger does not trigger economic jitters and
hyperbolic headlines — but there is nothing normal about the disappearance of honeybees.
Early reviews are almost all raves — Vanity Fair has classified them as «ecstatic» but we're here to tell you that all
the hyperbolic headlines are... totally justified.
The science is hardly justification for
the hyperbolic headlines — either for or against climate change.
Specifically, I've been struck by studies (and
hyperbolic headlines) that claim that EVs can cause more pollution than gasoline cars, depending on the grid's energy mix at any given location.