So how would you interpret a headline that read "Bombshell: Pope admits Christians are pedophiles!"

Would you interpret that as "Pope says it is possible for Christians to be pedophiles"?

The first statement is incendiary bullshit, the second one, not so much. That's pretty much what you did. I am guessing you make fun of mainstream media for misleading information, but that's exactly what you are doing with such titles. A casual viewer reading your title could be entirely misled.