No disagreements on your main points, but I would dispute calling that headline clickbait. We published this story in 2019 when software issues were the central issues at Boeing, so establishing how the company was coding was very newsworthy. I typically associate clickbait with bait-and-switch tactics, tricking readers into reading content unrelated to the headline. This article provides material directly related to its title.
Robert Schoenberger, editor-in-chief, IndustryWeek