ooli@lemmy.world to Space@lemmy.world · 4 months agoNASA just scored a badly needed win: The best potential evidence of alien life yetwww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1283arrow-down132
arrow-up1251arrow-down1external-linkNASA just scored a badly needed win: The best potential evidence of alien life yetwww.businessinsider.comooli@lemmy.world to Space@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square63fedilink
minus-squareEl Barto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·4 months agoSure, but that headline is there for Business Insider’s benefit. If it helps Nasa, cool. But I don’t think Business Insider cares about what Nasa is doing beyond the fact that it may drive traffic to them.
minus-squareEl Barto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-24 months agoYes. If they were quoting Nasa saying “We needed this win,” I would stand corrected. But nope. It’s BI using the term “win.” Let me know if I have to repeat myself again.
minus-squareprettybunnyslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-24 months agoIt’s not clickbait, it’s language. They have an entire section on this and explain it, it isn’t really hyperbole. Had they not mentioned or explained the language they used then I’d agree.
Sure, but that headline is there for Business Insider’s benefit. If it helps Nasa, cool. But I don’t think Business Insider cares about what Nasa is doing beyond the fact that it may drive traffic to them.
Did you read the article?
Yes. If they were quoting Nasa saying “We needed this win,” I would stand corrected. But nope. It’s BI using the term “win.”
Let me know if I have to repeat myself again.
It’s not clickbait, it’s language.
They have an entire section on this and explain it, it isn’t really hyperbole.
Had they not mentioned or explained the language they used then I’d agree.