Takeaways from Indiana, Ohio and Michigan: Trump's flex pays off and Democrats win special election

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2. (Off Topic, Pet Peeve) Such poor writing!

"Over in Ohio, primaries locked in candidates for two major races with national implications. "

I don't know any more after reading that sentence than I did before. It's an informationally null sentence. It's writing for clicks instead of writing to inform. And it's the AP! News writers used to pack in the pertinent concrete facts in as concise a form as possible as a service to readers and to not waste a reader's time. Now it's about the tease before the link. Annoys me so much that I wrote this off-topic response, thus wasting your time, too! You're welcome!

I'll try to salvage this reply with a thought about the larger issue: these informationally empty statements abound. They are used to tease, as in the OP, but also used to avoid answering questions (sometimes that's helpful, sometimes not), and used to try to frame something as good/bad/outragous to manipulate you. Recognizing them can help navigate the difficult information landscape that we are in.