On: Archaeologists find 3000-year-old sword, exception...

[pessimizer]

"Somewhat sensationalistic" ranks somewhere around "slightly uncomfortable" or "a little misleading" on the cynicism scale. I know it's trendy to write entire comments responding to a single, passing word usage in someone else's comment, but...

[mtrower → pessimizer]

I wouldn't say it's used in passing. I'd say it's the entire point of their comment.

Whether the usage was reasonable I don't feel qualified to comment on.