Yahoo SUCKS. And they just demonstrated how a couple of missing words changes the slant of a headline.

[Miles Archer]

YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN the story about the Springsteen cover band getting their gig cancelled BY THE CLUB OWNER because of Bruce's recent Trump remarks.

I've read the story. I know what the owner said and what the band said. THE BAND was EXTREMELY GRACIOUS considering they lost a PAYING GIG which EVERY band needs to SURVIVE.

So a friend posted the story on Facebook, and I saw RED when I saw the headline:

Bruce Springsteen Cover Band’s Jersey Shore Gig Canceled Because “Bruce Can’t Keep His Mouth Shut”

When you go to the page, there's a photo of the band on the left and a photo of Bruce on the right. SO...when you post this on Socai Media, you see the headline and photos, and UNLESS YOU CLICK, you don't find out that the STFU BOSS feedback CAME FROM THE CLUB OWNER, NOT THE BAND.

The ACCURATE headline would be "Bruce Springsteen Cover Band’s Jersey Shore Gig Canceled Because THE CLUB OWNER SAYS "Bruce Can’t Keep His Mouth Shut"

[Walleye]

1. This whole era is characterized by sloppy writing

If they don’t care about the truth, they certainly don’t care about how they write

[ret5hd]

4. Sloppy or calculated?

[Walleye]

5. I would say calculated, but most of them don't have the brains to do it

Some of them, it’s on purpose. I just know it. Keep things vague and then you can’t hold them to it.

[ITAL]

2. If you notice, it's not a Yahoo article

Actually very few of the articles on Yahoo originate from there - they repost a lot of things from other websites.. The piece you linked to is actually from Consequence.net

[sl8]

3. Note that the article & headline are from "Consequence"; Yahoo! is the aggregator.

https://consequence.net/2025/05/bruce-springsteen-cover-band-donald-trump/