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Lazy Journos

Sep 132008

I should start a section of my blog just to point out how many badly written headlines and stories are in the media.

Except it would take all my time and energy, and I have much better things to do.

So I’ll just mention my latest find in the “Dumb Headlines” category, from CNN’s website.

24 corpses found shot in Mexico

Hmmm. This is some new kind of serial killer, perhaps, who goes around shooting dead bodies? CNN goes on to reinforce this particularly wonderful example of headline murder in the very first paragraph of the story:

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September 13, 2008 Posted by Moonwolf on September 13, 2008 Tagged with: cnn, Journalists No Responses »

Britney, oh Britney …

Feb 132008

Yes, I’m doing what everyone else is, and blogging about Britney Spears.

Actually, it’s about an article on CNN’s In Session blog. In it, Bog Regan tells us about plans in California to create a new law restricting the paparazzi, and mentions “Britney’s Law”.

Now, whether or not the law is actually called “Britney’s Law” isn’t nearly as important as what the law does. It’s another attempt to rein in the outrageous and provocative behavior of these … “people”.

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