"Betteridge's Law" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Betteridge's Law}} Betteridge's Law
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Betteridge's law Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: Betteridge's law
    Sense id: en-Betteridge's_Law-en-name-eog0kJiD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "No, no, hell no. The true answer is that there is no one answer; that what works best is a dynamic combination of solitary, pair, and group work, depending on the context, using your best judgement. Paired programming definitely has its place. (Betteridge’s Law strikes again!) In some cases that place may even be “much of most days.” But insisting on 100 percent pairing is mindless dogma, and like all mindless dogma, ultimately counterproductive.",
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          "text": "Andrew Marr believes that a headline with a question mark at the end is 'often a scare story, or an attempt to elevate some run-of-the-mill piece of reporting into a national controversy and, preferably, a national panic.' (Marr 2005: 253). His advice to readers is – 'If the headline asks a question, try answering \"no\"' (loc. cit.). This motto has since been parlayed into a 'law' – Betteridge's Law, named for Ian Betteridge after he wrote a piece for Technovia questioning the validity of a news item published under a headline that ended in a question mark[…].",
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