Headlines
In Other Words, We Are Hopelessly Lost
“Obama Declares ‘We’ve Come Too Far to Turn Back Now’ ”–headline, MSNBC.com, Jan. 24
Other Than That, the Story Was Accurate
“(Removes words ‘and at times has had difficulty paying his mortgage,’ paragraph 7; removes ‘he did not make payments on a $100,000-plus student loan’ and instead states ‘he did not pay down the balance of a $100,000-plus student loan,’ paragraph 10; removes ‘he was caught up in an Internal Revenue Service Investigation’ and instead states ‘his name surfaced in an Internal Revenue Service investigation,’ paragraph 12; removes ‘voted against Sonia Sotomayor, Obama’s Supreme Court nominee’ and instead states ‘opposed President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nomination of Sonia Sotomayor,’ paragraph 41; removes ‘voted against Obama’s healthcare overhaul’ and instead states ‘opposed Obama’s healthcare overhaul,’ paragraph 41)”–Reuters (corrections to a hit piece on Sen. Marco Rubio), Jan. 26
(Hat tip: Philip Klein.)
We Blame George W. Bush
“Who’s Most to Blame for Poor Conditions at Apple’s Chinese Suppliers?”–headline, MSNBC.com, Jan. 26
“Obama’s Common Sense”–headline, Puffington Host, Jan. 26
To the Moon, Alice! Gingrich in 2012.
“Gingrich: Let’s Make the Moon a State”–headline, National Review Online, Jan. 25
Generalissimo Francisco Franco Is Still Dead
“Former President John Tyler’s (1790-1862) Grandchildren Still Alive”–headline, Yahoo! News, Jan. 25
He Has a Call In to Helen Thomas’s Agent
“Scientist Hoping to Recreate Real Dinosaur to Speak at UGA”–headline, Athens (Ga.) Banner-Herald, Jan. 25
So Much for the War on Drugs
“Ind. House Deals Blow to Labor in Rust Belt”–headline, Associated Press, Jan. 25
Life Imitates the Onion
- “B.J. Raji Shouldn’t Have Eaten That Burrito, Cheeseburger, Bag of Chips, Ice Cream Sandwich, Cheesecake, Second Burrito Before Game–headline, Onion, Aug. 30, 2011
- “Paula Deen Caught Eating a Cheeseburger”–headline, ABCNews.com, Jan. 26, 2012
Wow, She Must Be Really Tall
“Molino Man Charged With Using Chair To Attack Girlfriend”–headline, NorthEscambia.com (Walnut Hill, Fla.), Jan. 26
How It Got Its Paws on a Hammer She’ll Never Know
“Yankton Woman Accused of Killing Cat With a Hammer”–headline, Associated Press, Jan. 25
Questions Nobody Is Asking
- “Who Will Build Dallas’ Best Meatball Hoagie?”–headline, Dallas Observer website, Jan. 25
- “Newt vs. Mitt: Can a Fat Man Beat a Thin Man?”–headline, RealClearPolitics.com, Jan. 26
- “Curried Coconut Carrot Soup. Need We Say More?”–headline, JewishWorldReview.com, Jan. 26
Answers to Questions Nobody Is Asking
“Look at Him, He’s Sandra Dee: What House of Lies’ Roscoe Can Teach Us About Gender-Nonconforming Children”–headline, Puffington Host, Jan. 25
Too Much Information
- “Nathaniel Rothschild Says Sauna With Lord Mandelson Was Purely Pleasure, Not Business”–headline, Daily Telegraph (London), Jan. 25
- “Herman Cain Explains Affair With Stephen Colbert”–headline, Washington Examiner website, Jan. 25
News of the Tautological
“Huge Study Finds Risk Factors Do In Fact Predict Risk”–headline, CardioBrief.org, Jan. 25
Breaking News From Exodus 20:3
“Thou Shalt Not Write Bad Things About Obama”–headline, TheWeeklyStandard.com, Jan. 25
Breaking News From 1885
“Gingrich: Romney Self-Deportation Plan a Fantasy”–headline, Associated Press, Jan. 25
Breaking News From 2004
- “President Gives Sen. John Kerry Another Black Eye”–headline, Boston Herald, Jan. 24
- “ ’Second Is No Good for Kerry’–Kieran Donaghy”–headlne, TheScore.ie, Jan. 26
