Why do a large portion of Americans believe headlines even without reading the article?

This is a very disturbing trend and really exemplifies how much confirmation bias manipulates how people view the world.

Yesterday we had the Caleb Williams headline that he article that he was demanding an ownership portion from whatever team drafted him. Despite the fact the article was from July and the NFL had ended up banning teams from being able to offer ownership equity to players, many people saw the headline and believed it. One guy even said he hoped Caleb Williams broke his leg for demanding such a thing.

Now we have a Cher thread on the front page where she says she will move to the planet Jupiter if Trump wins, and the majority of responses seem to be daring her to do it/complaining that those people never follow through. How exactly does anyone believe she is serious about moving to Jupiter the planet? I can understand the responses if she said Canada or something. But she said Jupiter.

Do better guys. Read before you type up ur angry response about a college kid being too entitled about demanding something that he couldn't possibly demand.

Headlines are often misleading and cherry picked to make you have a reaction that the full story would not give you.

That's all, sorry I couldn't fit this all in the headline where people stop reading.