A Headline Shouldn’t Be the Whole Story
A headline can alert you to a story.
It shouldn’t be the evidence you use to understand it.
The phrase “Savannah Guthrie was confirmed as…” leaves the most important question unanswered:
Confirmed as what?
Until that question is answered by a credible source, readers should resist the urge to fill in the blank.
The fact that a story concerns a real and heartbreaking investigation doesn’t make every viral claim about it reliable.
Final Thoughts
