Debunking
Debunking
[Several news headlines are shown in boxes.] [Box 1] AP photos show Dr. Fauci's office contains a normal number of microwaves [Box 2] Fact check: singer Billie Eilish was born years after the TWA Flight 800 explosion [Box 3] Vaccinated people can remove their hats without trouble by tugging upward, say doctors [Box 4] Physicists say Dorito powder is affected by gravity [Box 5] Steering wheels will work normally on Dec 12th; make left and right turns as usual [Box 6] CNN investigation: Santa's skin is dry and healthy this year, with the same amount of oil as before [Caption below the panel:] I don't know whether the "Don't repeat the claim in the headline debunking it" thing works or not, but it definitely makes reading the news weird.

When writing a news article that "debunks" a claim (shows why it is false), writing its headline in the form "X is false" is discouraged . The reason is that just repeatedly seeing "X", even if negated or followed by "is false", can make readers subconsciously believe it.
To avoid this, Randall as a journalist has worded his debunking articles in a positive sense. This makes for a confusing read if the reader has not heard of the original claim. The "original claims" allegedly being debunked here don't actually appear to have been made anywhere, and can only be inferred from the debunking.
Much of the debunking relies on setting simple facts straight, making for bizarrely banal headlines.
[Several news headlines are shown in boxes.] [Box 1] AP photos show Dr. Fauci's office contains a normal number of microwaves [Box 2] Fact check: singer Billie Eilish was born years after the TWA Flight 800 explosion [Box 3] Vaccinated people can remove their hats without trouble by tugging upward, say doctors [Box 4] Physicists say Dorito powder is affected by gravity [Box 5] Steering wheels will work normally on Dec 12th; make left and right turns as usual [Box 6] CNN investigation: Santa's skin is dry and healthy this year, with the same amount of oil as before [Caption below the panel:] I don't know whether the "Don't repeat the claim in the headline debunking it" thing works or not, but it definitely makes reading the news weird.
