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I read an article headlined "refugees will turn into terrorists". Soon after opening the article and reading it, I realised the heading was completely manipulative and portrayed the content of the article as something it was not. 

The article was in fact against the statement in the title, however the journalist made the reader think it was a dramatic, slating article, which provokes us to be more intrigued and want to read the report. 

Although the title did make me think that the report would be dissing and saying bad things about refugees, it was actually saying that is just some people's perspectives and that there is nothing in history to imply that the refugees will carry out a terrorist attack. It also suggests society are using the "refugees are terrorists" statement as an excuse to turn away innocent, vulnerable people trying to flee from violence. 

When I initially saw this headline, I immediately thought of another news report I read on a different website. However the content was different. The one I saw before insisted that refugees are terrorists and that it has been made official by an actual terrorist group leader. Nonetheless, the report didn't have pure evidence, they were just basing their strong accusations on what the terrorists have said in the past. 

Although the headline of the article is misleading, I can understand why they done it. The likelihood of people reading the article with a far fetched heading such as the one I have looked at is much higher than something we hear a lot such as "refugees accused to be terrorists but that is not true". Therefore, using a scandalous heading would enable the reporters to spread their good word easily. In my opinion, this is because we love drama and scandal and are interested by negative things in regards to positive. 

Overall I think the accusations comparing refugees to terrorists are very callous and regardless of how many past events may be used as evidence, some articles should be more sensitive and give the benefit of the doubt.