The internet: A place where almost anybody can write almost any nonsense.
Here’s a good example. CNM News Network’s piece on credit scores states, “Currently, employers can pull a job applicant’s credit report, but don’t have access to the actual score.”
However, the title is “Foreclosures and Job Hunting Don’t Mix as Employers Check Credit Scores.”
Watch as the publisher reacts to a comment on its page:
Your article says that employers don’t have access to credit scores, but your title screams that employers check them.
What gives? Who told you that employers check credit scores?
Greg Fisher
Update, 3/1/10, 1:04 PM: Minutes after its posting, the comment no longer exists.
Update, 3/1/10, 3:38 PM
You can try to fake out your readers, but it won’t work. Go clean up your mess.
After deleting the comment that questioned its nonsense, CNM changed the headline to “Foreclosures and Job Hunting Don’t Mix as Employers Check Credit Reports.”
Unfortunately, the old headline was magnified by other sites who copied it:
http://twitter.com/Access_Granted_/status/9591464681
https://twitter.com/realestatefeeds/status/9589767933
Say something stupid – end up here.