There's an old rule of thumb about the use of the "question mark headline" in journalism. It's a pretty simple rule, really: "Whenever a headline ends in a question mark, the answer to the question is no." This idea has become known as Betteridge's Law, named after British journalist Ian Betteridge, and it's applicable to just about any journalistic genre you can name. Whether you're reading a serious analytical piece in the Financial Times or a bit of celebrity gossip on TMZ, the same logic holds. The question being asked is probably speculative, and the idea isn't to be taken seriously.
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