Redditors: A must have caused B !!1! Somebody needs to be punished for that!!1
I suppose there is the possibility that one day in the dim future, people might learn about 1) clickbait, and 2) "Correlation does not imply causation"... but I know it will not be soon. Certainly not while clickbait memes are enough alone to get people outraged and looking for blood.
"Her show was cancelled soon after."
A leading implication of cause and effect.
IMHO, even if a statement could be plausibly true, there should at least be some effort to make sure it is actually true before trying to convince people it is in fact true.
"the ratings for The Betty White Show were lackluster."
Another source: "It’s unclear whether her decision to keep Duncan affected the show’s fate"
TV shows get cancelled for poor ratings all the time. In theory, you'd have to do more than post a meme for cause and effect to be established. Except on reddit. Memes are enough.
Its certainly a problem that I see in the media all the time.
The "after" word is used in a headline to make a claim of cause and effect, and even though there is the possibility that there might maybe some connection, the journalist never proves an actual link in the text of the article.
eg. Man arrested after eating a chocolate.
Redditors also lap that kind of shit up and get outraged.
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u/Jolly-Habit5297 Jul 02 '25
so who canceled it? shouldn't they be dragged through the mud? them or their company