http://informage.net/articles/2003/09/30/headline-thoughts en-us 40 tales from anglospheric la-la-land <p><i>"Shock for SA Gun Owners" (Cape Argus)</i> - and that's the least they deserve &lt;rimshot&gt; </p> <p> <i>"Father dies at son's death spot - A man whose son was killed on a railway line nine days ago dies at the same spot hours after his wife is attacked." (BBC News Online).</i> - the real story is pretty dark, but not quite as outright weird as the BBC makes it sound. </p> <p> <i>"UN Leaves Skeletal Staff in Iraq" (BBC News Online)</i> - Okay, there's *definitely* a warped sense of humour floating around the beeb these days. </p> <p> I wanted to add something about use of the word 'fuck' in recent headlines concerning Alistair Campbell but I thought (a) it would be gratuitous and (b) it's not actually that funny and (c) I don't think anyone actually used it in a headline.</p> Tue, 30 Sep 2003 14:05:44 +0100 urn:uuid:d6fc25a31174efff5cd994ab87989b14 sean http://informage.net/articles/2003/09/30/headline-thoughts postage http://informage.net/articles/trackback/21