Saturday, October 29, 2005
A LaTi Headline That Should Make Us All Wonder
Los Angeles, California, national and world news, jobs, real estate, cars - Los Angeles Times: "Libby Allegedly Told a Whopper"
"Allegedly told a Whopper"-Doesn't 'allegedly' get lost with the word 'whopper'? Is this a journalistically honest headline? I have already made clear that I want to see Scooter punished if he did as accused, but this headline has him convicted and in shackles. And since when was whopper an appropriate headline word for one of the top ten papers in the country? I expect better than that from Ivy-Leaguers who became journalists to change the world. How exactly does this assist in changing the world for the better?
"Allegedly told a Whopper"-Doesn't 'allegedly' get lost with the word 'whopper'? Is this a journalistically honest headline? I have already made clear that I want to see Scooter punished if he did as accused, but this headline has him convicted and in shackles. And since when was whopper an appropriate headline word for one of the top ten papers in the country? I expect better than that from Ivy-Leaguers who became journalists to change the world. How exactly does this assist in changing the world for the better?
