I put Middle Earth Journal in hiatus in May of 2008 and moved to Newshoggers.
I temporarily reopened Middle Earth Journal when Newshoggers shut it's doors but I was invited to Participate at The Moderate Voice so Middle Earth Journal is once again in hiatus.

Tuesday, August 24, 2004

A Tale of Two Headlines

The friend of progressives everywhere,ELISABETH BUMILLER, has an article with KATE ZERNIKE in the NYT today on Bush's response to the Swift Boat Liar ads. The headline reads "President Urges Outside Groups to Halt All Ads". The very same article was run in the Oregonian this morning with the headline "Bush speaks against ads, sidesteps Kerry spot".
So which headline is more accurate? The following from the Bumiller article would indicate the Oregonian is much better at writing meaningful headlines:
President Bush said on Monday that political advertisements run by a broad swath of independent groups should be stopped, including a television advertisement attacking Senator John Kerry's war record. But the White House quickly moved to insist that Mr. Bush had not meant in any way to single out the advertisement run by veterans opposed to Mr. Kerry.
Make no mistake, headlines are important; the first thing and sometimes the only thing people see.


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