It’s not just FR. As this article demonstrates, garbled headlines and writing are becoming the norm, even in once-prestigious publications.
When the movie ‘Idiocracy’ came out, it was so over-the-top I didn’t think it was funny. Now I think it was a sober description of what he’d seen by a time-traveler.
The headline is certainly a cockup. Writers don’t write, editors don’t edit, publishers don’t care.
Idiocracy is starting to look like a documentary and has become somewhat understated.