“As the president of the United States, you have power to change the course of history, and the responsibility to save lives right now,” the staffers wrote.

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      I’m not trying to be condescending. I’m just incapable of explaining this in a satisfactory way. Those criticizing the headline are not pointing out anything meaningful. The information in the article correlates with the headline. Biden has the ability to endorse a ceasefire, “while” his former staffers are urging him to do so.

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        You are incapable of explaining it because it is an incredibly common and recognizable representation of a bad faith headline.

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          Summarizing an article and writing a headline isn’t easy. I know from experience. It may be in bad faith, it doesn’t appear that way to me. It doesn’t detract from the relevant information in the article.

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            FWIW I think the administration could, should, and (unfortunately) probably won’t do more to support a cease fire.

            I just don’t think my opinion justifies misrepresenting what actually occurred in a headline intentionally.

            And the author of the headline did. They knew. And if you have experience, you know they knew.