The New York Times and other traditional papers have a tendency to write headlines like that in order to attract attention. When you read it, nine times out of ten you realise they’re not actually endorsing it and the article itself presents a much more reasonable take on it.

Newspapers editors write this stuff with the assumption that you will read it, not just screenshot it and post it online. Maybe that’s not a good assumption in the age of short attention spans, but it’s what they do.