Poorly written headlines bother me. For instance, the April-June gross domestic product growth rate was announced this morning at 3.0% vs the expected 3.8%.
One headline trumpeted: U.S. Economy Slows Dramatically in Spring
Another stated: U.S. Economy Grew More Slowly Than Expected in Spring
The second of these much more clearly represented the 'new' news, and the first one even implies through the use of the verb "slows" that economic activity decreased.
Posted by Jeremy Showalter at July 30, 2004 11:43 AMI don't think that's so much a poorly-written headline as it is the worldview of the writer subtly presented via the headline. 'Course, I also believe that socialism is stupid, unlike many of the media elites. But that's just me. ;)
Posted by: Jacob at July 31, 2004 03:44 PM