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It's beyond perplexing that the author of this article is completely aware that putting your key in a foil-lined bag is one option, yet they spend most of the article talking about refrigerators and microwaves, which are infinitely less convenient and even dangerous. I suppose the fridge gets more clicks, though?

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It might provide some solace knowing the author probably didn't write the headline ...

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/lets-stop-arguing-with-he...

While I completely understand what the article is saying ... this is nothing short of a complete failure of journalistic integrity. Just like there's a "wall" between the news floor and the advertising department, it should be accepted practice for the author of a piece to have a hand in and approval of titles for their piece.

An editor writing a clickbaity headline is incentivized in the same way as the ad/business department to craft that title in a way to maximize engagement.

No solace. So it was Bob the editor who wrote the headline and not Steve the author? I guess that matters a lot to Steve, but to me, the reader, this is a meaningless, irrelevant distinction. Steve cares a lot about absolving Steve, I guess, but, like, this couldn't possibly matter any less to literally anybody else.

Agreed. Plus, condensation in the fridge can't be good for some keyless entry fobs. A small metal box should suffice.

It was also covered in the nytimes years ago:

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/16/style/keeping-your-car-sa...

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