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My favorite this year was from the Times of India on the Jan 6th US capital insurrection.

"Coup Klux Klan: Don triggers mob & rob bid"

That doesn't mean what OP has mentioned is wrong. NYT has a history of misleading headlines [1].

[1] https://thepostmillennial.com/nyt-makes-terrorism-story-into...

"Engaging" while being highly irritating. The first one is concise.

True, but which is more likely to get your click: a headline you're indifferent to, or a headline that fills you with righteous indignation? I think that if there's one thing that the development of social media has taught us about human nature, it's that any emotion is better than boredom, from an engagement standpoint.