True, but in this case the story is about the suspicions of cheating themselves, and the new checks, so fair enough.

According to the Wikipedia entry, the "law" does not reflect reality upon inspection:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...

Cool! Seems to be citing this nice post here: http://calmerthanyouare.org/2015/03/19/betteridges-law.html

I didn't realize the biggest reason against it is that the majority of headline questions aren't yes/no.

Oh well, it's still funny to silently answer any (yes/no) headline question with "no!" before reading.