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		spain on Feb 12, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life Interesting article, though I wonder why the title here on Hacker News is "How One Stupid Tweet Ruined Justine Sacco's Life" whereas the title on the actual article is "How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life."

dang on Feb 12, 2015 | [–]

NYT likes to tinker with titles. They don't change the urls as often, so if you look at the url you'll sometimes see the original title.

latestrevision on Feb 12, 2015 | | [–]

It looks like the title was originally the former; probably a late change by a copyeditor.

celticninja on Feb 12, 2015 | [–]

clickbait headline i assume.

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