I do not breathe your politics
"Comment is free but facts are sacred." (C.P. Scott)
Monday, November 28, 2005
The headline bottom line
Google News is such a rich provider of entertainment. Just now, I spotted one of those "No ***t, Sherlock!" headlines, from CNN:
RSNA: Long Needles Needed to Penetrate Fat in ObeseThis is obviously a great headline to test out a given newspaper editor's position on the discreet-to-blunt continuum, and no more do we need to wait for What The Papers Say, with Google News: Reuters goes factual: Study - Longer needles needed for fatter buttocksMSNBC is factual but adds the common touch: Longer needles needed for fatter buttsScripps Howard News Service takes the common touch ickily, cutely, and above all, americanly too far: Fat heinies causing problems for doctorsForbes (restroom reading for the MBA generation) has the rather more rounded and poetic: Obese Buttocks Leave Drug Therapy BehindEntertaining stuff. But you have to hand it to the national treasure (er, you sure? - inner Ed.) that is The Sun, for one of their classic headlines you could drum out on a desk. Imagine this being shouted out by a newspaper caller, or one of those forthright voiceovers from What The Papers Say: JABS DON'T WORK ON FLABClassy. posted by Michael at 11/28/2005 07:29:00 PM |