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Codebreaker found in bag attended US security conference before death (2012)

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212 points ck2 | 3 comments | 30 Sep 13 11:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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ktd ◴[30 Sep 13 13:06 UTC] No.6469345[source]▶
What a devious headline. Imagine it as "Codebreaker for MI6 murdered after going to <FILL IN THE BLANK>" and you'll spot the trick here.
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1. diydsp ◴[30 Sep 13 13:43 UTC] No.6469546[source]▶
Codebreaker for M16 murdered after undergoing TSA Search! Codebreaker for M16 murdered after visiting legal prostitution state!

Seriously, this is (yet another) bit of irresponsible journalism headlines (titulars = British?) from Wired. They're trying hard to be "the finger on the pulse of the wild west world of cyberspace." facepalm.wav

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2. charlus ◴[30 Sep 13 14:11 UTC] No.6469692[source]▶
To be fair, it was Ck2 who added the word "murdered" not Wired.
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3. diydsp ◴[30 Sep 13 14:57 UTC] No.6469936[source]▶
and check it out... Wired has changed the headline... Just like the Guardian did two weeks ago on that "let herself be gang-raped" headline. [1][2] It's now "Codebreaker found in bag attended US security conference before death".

AND as a matter of fact, I just went back to triple-check the Guardian article and guess what? They changed it AGAIN. They replaced the word "molested" with "endured sexual assault."

Are they A/B testing? What is going on?! (wake up sheeple...)

[1]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6374829 [2]http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/sep/08/beeban-kidron-in...