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MARCH 1999
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All the Miscues That Are headlines submitted by MARK CARDIN
With the popularity of Tonight Show host Jay Leno's weekly headlines bit, poorly phrased newspaper headlines are becoming better remembered than the actual articles. In journalism classes, professors always stress one thing over and over again: engross your reader with an intriguing and leading first paragraph - that historically is why they're called leads. Of equal, if not greater, importance is the headline for it is the catchy or cleverly written headline that draws readers to the story in the first place.
The following headlines do just that - pull the readers in. Although the resulting stories may not exactly live up to the created expectations: “Include Your Children When Baking Cookies” “Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Experts Say” “Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers” “Drunks Get Nine Months in Violin Case” “Iraqi Head Seeks Arms” “Prostitutes Appeal to Pope” “Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over” “British Left Waffles on Falkland Islands” “Teacher Strikes Idle Kids” “Clinton Wins Budget; More Lies Ahead” “Plane Too Close to Ground, Crash Probe Told” “Miners Refuse to Work After Death” “Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant” “Stolen Painting Found by Tree” “Two Sisters Reunited after 18 Years in Checkout Counter” “War Dims Hope for Peace” “If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last a While” “Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide” “Man Struck by Lightning Faces Battery Charge” “New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group” “ Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Space” “Kids Make Nutritious Snacks” “Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half” “Typhoon Rips through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead” * * * * |
