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By Lee Degenstein
With everything that is going on in the world today we are often times quick to criticize the media for being too liberal or too slanted in one direction. But you rarely hear people criticizing the media for poor writing.
In the newspaper business, the front page is the most important page of any paper. Editors and writers toil for hours to come up with catchy headlines in the hopes that people will select their newspaper at the newsstand. Most New Yorkers remember that famous headline from the early 1970’s, “FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD”. It was no doubt a contributing factor that caused Gerald Ford to lose the election to Jimmy Carter.
Listed below is a series of headlines actually taken from many of the nation’s leading newspaper in 2005. All of these headlines actually appeared and are not made up. I want to thank my friend Renee for sharing them with me.
THE YEAR'S BEST (actual) HEADLINES OF 2005:
Crack Found on Governor's Daughter
Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert
Says
Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers
Is There a Ring of Debris around Uranus?
Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over
Miners Refuse to Work after Death
Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant
War Dims Hope for Peace
If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile
Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures
Enfield ( London ) Couple Slain; PoliceSuspect Homicide
Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges
New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group
Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half
Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors
Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead
Woman Shot Downtown – Bullet Still In Her Yet
So there you have it. Again all of these headlines were taken from the front pages of newspapers from around the world.
With everything that is going on in the world today we are often times quick to criticize the media for being too liberal or too slanted in one direction. But you rarely hear people criticizing the media for poor writing.
In the newspaper business, the front page is the most important page of any paper. Editors and writers toil for hours to come up with catchy headlines in the hopes that people will select their newspaper at the newsstand. Most New Yorkers remember that famous headline from the early 1970’s, “FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD”. It was no doubt a contributing factor that caused Gerald Ford to lose the election to Jimmy Carter.
Listed below is a series of headlines actually taken from many of the nation’s leading newspaper in 2005. All of these headlines actually appeared and are not made up. I want to thank my friend Renee for sharing them with me.
THE YEAR'S BEST (actual) HEADLINES OF 2005:
Crack Found on Governor's Daughter
Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert
Says
Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers
Is There a Ring of Debris around Uranus?
Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over
Miners Refuse to Work after Death
Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant
War Dims Hope for Peace
If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile
Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures
Enfield ( London ) Couple Slain; PoliceSuspect Homicide
Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges
New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group
Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half
Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors
Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead
Woman Shot Downtown – Bullet Still In Her Yet
So there you have it. Again all of these headlines were taken from the front pages of newspapers from around the world.
posted by Lee Degenstein | 1:24 PM
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