This is odd: A public radio blogger doesn't actually seem convinced that the end is near

The end may be near. Or not | News Cut | Minnesota Public Radio

This highlights an old journalistic axiom: "If you use 'may' in a headline or story, you might as well use 'may not' as well."

..."I Fear This Will Be the Most Important News of 2012," the Atlantic's James Fallows says in a headline on his blog today. If so, shouldn't it have been the most important news of two years ago?