Verithrax2007-07-06 01:21:33
QUOTE(daganev @ Jul 5 2007, 08:56 PM) 423171
The google headlines are very missleading. If you are going to just be reading headlines, I suggest you click on the link that says "2,500 similar posts" and read a good chunk of headlines (atleast the first 2 pages) because sometimes its the difference between: Governor smokes weed! and Governor suggests using smoke to kill weeds.
Google News doesn't write its own headlines; it aggregates the headlines from other websites. Thus the headlines reflect everyone else's journalistic practice...
But then again, who the hell looks at a headline and then starts assuming he actually knows what the news is about?
Daganev2007-07-06 05:25:59
Yes, it picks random headlines for the same story. So you can have two different headlines for the exaxct same AP article.
Unknown2007-07-06 13:24:50
Two things I hate about news headlines nowadays.
1) There is a tenancy for journalists, especially in the entertainment field, to try to be witty and come up with a pun for a story title. I think that's a little bit overdone.
2) When I read one-sentence headlines on the web, when you're discussing a real person use their full name. I've seen a vague headline such as "A relief for Simpson", and you can't tell if they're talking about O.J. Simpson, Jessica Simpson, Ashlee Simpson, or Homer Simpson! Use the full name!
1) There is a tenancy for journalists, especially in the entertainment field, to try to be witty and come up with a pun for a story title. I think that's a little bit overdone.
2) When I read one-sentence headlines on the web, when you're discussing a real person use their full name. I've seen a vague headline such as "A relief for Simpson", and you can't tell if they're talking about O.J. Simpson, Jessica Simpson, Ashlee Simpson, or Homer Simpson! Use the full name!
Sylphas2007-07-06 13:40:46
I'd totally read an article about O.J. killing Jessica and Ashley and then chilling out and watching Homer.
