Pitfalls of performative politics

All politics is performance, and any politician is only as good as his last act.

While celebrity editors, prominent columnists, by-lined reporters and opinionated columnists hog the limelight, the role of headline writers in the newsroom often remains unappreciated. It’s not easy to come up with a caption “… to interest, intrigue and give a real sense of the story to the widest possible audience—without being sensational".