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Katy Perry Unaware She Already Chosen To Be Jettisoned If There Emergency In Space (theonion.com)

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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It's correct under typical headline style, and following that guide is part of why The Onion nails so many headlines.

For comparison: "Russell Brand Invited To Florida College To Teach Sexual Assault Workshop" reads sensibly, but is technically a sentence fragment. It should normally be "was invited." (And it could use some indefinite articles.) Like seeing "War Declared," we accept this... annunciative case, which is a little bit Kevin Malone.

But they really should avoid those awkward corner cases. "Nation Can't Believe It On Harvard's Side" should obviously be "It's," as a matter of readability. That's the goal, here. It's simplifying things to be as small as sensibly possible - and no further.