Another of those Lenoesque lists of headline hilarity. Most you’ve seen before, I’m sure. Plane Too Close to Ground, Crash Probe Told Miners Refuse to Work after Death Safety Experts Say School Bus Passengers Should Be Belted Is There a…
Category: Headline writing
‘Barb’ swapping
Blanp exposes widespread abuses.
Heads and poetry
Testy Copy Editors on whether the twain should meet. The post I most agree with: It seems a better way of looking at headlines is not to say, “Heads are like poetry” but to say, “Heads are like prose,” by…