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No, second person "you" is less telling than third person "David Miranda." "Your debate" is not descriptive in the least. I chose the word "objectively" deliberately.



The first title doesn't correctly translate what the article is about. The quote might well be taken from a ranty essay, and without context hints at empty sensationalism.

This doesn't make the second title ‘objectively’ more descriptive, though. A person who happens to miss Miranda's name in news and isn't familiar with Schedule 7 term, such as myself, wouldn't find it descriptive at all.

Still, second title looks subjectively better to me. I'd say ‘all reporters’ is bad phrasing for HN (the article doesn't imply that every reporter, regardless of their country or what they write about, now faces danger), and HDD destruction may deserve mentioning (it seems central to the story), but overall this headline does better job at translating the spirit of the article and sets correct expectations for the reader.




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