To: SleekMaid
Headline:
"Plotters Plan Mass Suicide on Train on 9/11/06" This makes it sound like a bunch of "Hemlock Society" goofballs doing their thing.
Proper Headline: "Terrorist Plan to Kill New Yorkers & Cripple Transportation Foiled"
But of course they can't say that - it might imply that death & destruction is "terrorizing", and that our government is successfully protecting us from real threats.
9 posted on
07/08/2006 1:57:12 PM PDT by
Yossarian
(Everyday, somewhere on the globe, somebody is pushing the frontier of stupidity.)
To: Yossarian
To: Yossarian
Yes, it's a dumb headline. Makes it sound like they are going to all slit their wrists or OD.
130 posted on
07/09/2006 4:22:42 AM PDT by
Right Wing Assault
("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
To: Yossarian
You said it better than I did down the thread
135 posted on
07/09/2006 6:40:39 AM PDT by
don-o
(Proudly posting without reading the thread since 1998.)
To: Yossarian
"Proper Headline: "Terrorists Plan to Kill"
Can't say that. It might hurt their feelings or cause them to get really mad and strike back in violence in response to our racism and oppression.
165 posted on
07/10/2006 9:29:30 PM PDT by
garjog
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