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“Stolen”, you’re not supposed to say the quiet part loudpic.twitter.com/DZg6XfWR16
Real case of headline-itis here, I'm afraid. Best read the piece if you haven't already. Though, not sure what the Telegraph is up to, knowing full well that most people don't have a log in
Can you synopsise the article for those of us without a login? At least to the extent of explaining that the headline isn't ridiculous entitlement
The piece is by someone who went to Oxford from a northern comp. It's a response to some public school heads criticising Oxford and Cambridge for trying to increase the proportion of state school pupils they attract
For some reason, they went with a sarcastic headline (almost certainly not selected by the writer). Maybe they knew it'd get more clicks this way
Sample: "What is the point of paying (ever higher) school fees if the advantages bestowed by independent schools are being slowly chipped away? Surely it’s fair to expect some value for money in the form of very good grades and a place at a top university as part of that deal?"
You've gotta be pretty tone deaf not to hear a tongue firmly embedded in a cheek there. But still, the headline is baffling and frustrating. They took a really good piece and turned it into cannon fodder for the culture war
A) I don’t think clickbait headlines work behind paywalls B) Everyone else replying who’s read it says it’s awful too
Totally agree re clickbait. That's why I don't understand why they went with this headline. But don't understand how people can think the headline is awful AND the piece is awful, given one argues the exact opposite of the other
It's not paywalled, and even it it were, the headline is a giveaway - "A Modest Proposal..." #Swift
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