My understanding is that journalists don’t generally choose their headlines. Someone should correct me in the comments if this is wrong!
I think this is true, but also a distraction. When somebody critiques inaccurate/clickbaity/bombastic/generally bad headlines, what they usually care about is the low quality of the headline qua headline, not the internals of how some news corporation allocates their job duties.
Minor note, but
I think this is true, but also a distraction. When somebody critiques inaccurate/clickbaity/bombastic/generally bad headlines, what they usually care about is the low quality of the headline qua headline, not the internals of how some news corporation allocates their job duties.