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The Misleading Headline Award goes to The Telegraph for "All men watch porn, scientists find"

I was quite stunned to see a headline in The Telegraph , which said, "All men watch porn, scientists find," largely because I don't watch porn. I don't necessarily have anything against it, but given the fact I'm a man (last time I checked) and don't watch porn, to say I was puzzled by the headline would have been like to say blue whales are large. So, since the headline couldn't have been accurate, what was it based on exactly? Professor Simon Louis Lajeunesse, who was a researcher in the study, said, "We started our research seeking men in their 20s who had never consumed pornography. We couldn't find any." So, in other words, since these adult men had viewed pornography at least once in their lifetimes, that obviously means all men view porn. I'm sorry, but that assessment is so ridiculous, I have to double-check to make sure this isn't an article posted on The Onion . ::double-checks:: Nope - it looks like the real deal... ...