Best Headlines in Major News Media

Nic Name · 04-14-2002, 02:02 AM

Fat Chance

jaguar · 04-14-2002, 03:34 AM

Who the hell names a snack 'pirates booty' anyway.
As for fruity booty....nevermind.

elSicomoro · 04-14-2002, 12:18 PM

There was a story about this snack on our NBC affiliate about 3 weeks ago.

But the funniest part was when John Bolaris, the weathercaster, commented, "I like the booty." I nearly fell out of my chair.

Nic Name · 04-16-2002, 08:51 PM

Quick, Put Away The Picnic Basket

Nic Name · 05-23-2002, 09:18 PM

Activist gets chair at Ryerson

sypher · 05-28-2002, 04:10 PM

In flagrante delecto

BobbyK · 06-04-2002, 05:11 PM

Seems as though she should have sued for the price of the snack or maybe she should snack on things like...I don't know....maybe....vegetables....or fruit?

I wonder how much she weighs, that would be good information to have in the story. Might make people much less sympathetic to her "plight". I will grant that the company that produces this "confection" should have appropriately labeled the packaging, but how much did she consume that it caused her: "weight gain ... mental anguish, outrage and indignation." to the tune of $50 million dollars?

This woman is messed up. Drink some SlimFast and get some exercise if your concerned with your weight.

Tobiasly · 06-04-2002, 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Nic Name
Activist gets chair at Ryerson

That's funny as hell Nic!

Tobiasly · 06-12-2002, 02:55 PM

Microsoft's Gopher hole deepens

SteveDallas · 06-13-2002, 10:10 AM

It's hardly Major, and it barely qualifies as News Media, but the Hickory Daily Record, published in my home town of Hickory, NC, once ran the headline "Shriners Help Burn Victims". I wish I had saved it!!!

Several years ago I read that the Philadelphia Daily News had sworn off tacky headlines. Not so.. soon after, there was a tragic incident where four people at a local hospital died due to incorrect dosages in their intravenous drug bags. The Daily News chose to run this story with the headline "IV Dead".

06-13-2002, 11:28 AM

I like

"Man hit by freight train dies"

Not as funny... but kinda from the "Well, duh" department.

Tobiasly · 06-13-2002, 01:55 PM

We have this shitty local newspaper called The Tribune. It's the kinda paper an intelligent person can't stand to read (or so I'm told) for more than about 30 seconds because there are so many errors in punctuation, grammar, spelling, etc. They're the kind of fuckers that run a story about a local youth soccer team with a headline like "Area youths get a Kick out of Soccer."

So anyhoo, they had this article a couple years ago about some students at a local vocational school who were taking carpentry. As a class project, they were working with a construction company on building a new house. Well, the house burned down during the semester. And this story's headline in the Tribune was... "Class Dismissed".

Nic Name · 06-13-2002, 04:19 PM

New bugs swarm Windows

follows the recent headline "Microsoft's Gopher hole deepens" noted above by Tobiasly.

Nic Name · 06-14-2002, 10:35 PM

Police Dog Accused of Racial Profiling

elSicomoro · 06-24-2002, 12:18 PM

A sub-heading in today's Philadelphia Inquirer: Cost of caring for the obese is heavy

04-14-2002, 02:02 AM	#1
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	Best Headlines in Major News Media Fat Chance

04-14-2002, 03:34 AM	#2
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	Who the hell names a snack 'pirates booty' anyway. As for fruity booty....nevermind. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

04-14-2002, 12:18 PM	#3
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Re: Best Headlines in Major News Media There was a story about this snack on our NBC affiliate about 3 weeks ago. But the funniest part was when John Bolaris, the weathercaster, commented, "I like the booty." I nearly fell out of my chair.

05-23-2002, 09:18 PM	#5
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	Social Justice Activist gets chair at Ryerson

05-28-2002, 04:10 PM	#6
sypher Sibling of the Commonweal Join Date: May 2002 Location: England Posts: 16	In flagrante delecto __________________ Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality. -- Jules de Gaultier

04-16-2002, 08:51 PM	#4
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	Quick, Put Away The Picnic Basket

06-04-2002, 05:11 PM	#7
BobbyK Rapscallion Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: NH Posts: 5	Seems as though she should have sued for the price of the snack or maybe she should snack on things like...I don't know....maybe....vegetables....or fruit? I wonder how much she weighs, that would be good information to have in the story. Might make people much less sympathetic to her "plight". I will grant that the company that produces this "confection" should have appropriately labeled the packaging, but how much did she consume that it caused her: "weight gain ... mental anguish, outrage and indignation." to the tune of $50 million dollars? This woman is messed up. Drink some SlimFast and get some exercise if your concerned with your weight.

06-12-2002, 02:55 PM	#9
Tobiasly hot Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Jeffersonville, IN (near Louisville) Posts: 892	Microsoft's Gopher hole deepens

06-13-2002, 10:10 AM	#10
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	It's hardly Major, and it barely qualifies as News Media, but the Hickory Daily Record, published in my home town of Hickory, NC, once ran the headline "Shriners Help Burn Victims". I wish I had saved it!!! Several years ago I read that the Philadelphia Daily News had sworn off tacky headlines. Not so.. soon after, there was a tragic incident where four people at a local hospital died due to incorrect dosages in their intravenous drug bags. The Daily News chose to run this story with the headline "IV Dead".

06-13-2002, 11:28 AM	#11
dave Guest Posts: n/a	I like "Man hit by freight train dies" Not as funny... but kinda from the "Well, duh" department.

06-13-2002, 01:55 PM	#12
Tobiasly hot Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Jeffersonville, IN (near Louisville) Posts: 892	We have this shitty local newspaper called The Tribune. It's the kinda paper an intelligent person can't stand to read (or so I'm told) for more than about 30 seconds because there are so many errors in punctuation, grammar, spelling, etc. They're the kind of fuckers that run a story about a local youth soccer team with a headline like "Area youths get a Kick out of Soccer." So anyhoo, they had this article a couple years ago about some students at a local vocational school who were taking carpentry. As a class project, they were working with a construction company on building a new house. Well, the house burned down during the semester. And this story's headline in the Tribune was... "Class Dismissed".

06-13-2002, 04:19 PM	#13
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	ZDnet editors: masters of the pun jab at Microsoft New bugs swarm Windows follows the recent headline "Microsoft's Gopher hole deepens" noted above by Tobiasly.

06-14-2002, 10:35 PM	#14
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	Police Dog Accused of Racial Profiling

06-24-2002, 12:18 PM	#15
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	A sub-heading in today's Philadelphia Inquirer: Cost of caring for the obese is heavy

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