It’s time for another installment of roll-your-eyes news headlines.
The following news headlines are real. Some I heard on the radio; some I found online.
KSL Radio
“Coming up next . . . the high priced call girl who ruined Eliot Spitzer’s political career.”
- Are you serious? Poor, poor Spitzer. Somebody should have warned him about this one.
After shrine vandalized, questions arise about LDS missionary training
“…events in Colorado continue to raise questions about whether Mormon missionaries receive sufficient training in cultural sensitivity before entering the mission field.”
- No questions “arise” in the actual story.
- The only person “asking questions” about missionary training is the journalist.
- No one is quoted in this story with “questions” about sufficient cultural training before entering the mission field.
- Obviously these missionaries weren’t thinking.
- This story is sensationalism.
- p.s. I’m a former missionary myself.
Desperate owners burn down their homes (via CNN)
Uh, hem. It’s called arson not desperation.
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The Associated Press is one of few remaining bureaus with responsible headlines (and yes, I know they’re not perfect).
Too funny! It’s hard to believe that some news sources remain credible. I’ll give them credit though, it’s getting tougher to get the ‘best’ headline anymore, especially now that people want the info even quicker and more succinctly than at any time before.
In our agency we had to ding ourselves a few weeks ago when we sent out a press release with the headline: “Debut Broadcasting Hosts Mark Chesnutt at the Famous Wildhorse Saloon for ‘Live from CRS-39′”
It may not seem that bad, but if you don’t know who Mark Chesnutt is, you wouldn’t know what this is about.
I admit I’m scratching my head as to what the problem is with that headline.
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