[asgardshill]

Because it struck me as odd, and it fit in the 100 character limit on thread titles.

"All the 'news' that's fit to print". OK.

Did something else occur to you (about the title or my thoughts)?

Yes. I questioned why you felt that the man's race was important enough to specifically add it in parentheses to the threadline.

If yes, please tell us what went through your thoughts about the title and me.

I thought that it was odd that the man's race was an important enough issue to be added after the fact to a threadline. And I don't know enough about you personally to make any judgements or statements of any kind about you.

[briant]

It's important for the same reason pointing out "johnnie talibans" race was important. A lot of people this that in a certain conflict the people can be assumed to look a certain way. If there turn out to be a lot of exceptions to this it raises eyebrows and challenges certain racial profiling assumptions. Furthermore, the black muslim movement in this country has been suspect for quite some time and you are hard pressed not to wonder about it here.

[Mike Fieschko]

Because it struck me as odd, and it fit in the 100 character limit on thread titles.

"All the 'news' that's fit to print". OK.

Not sure what that means.

Without the [...] I added, the article was another 'Dog bites man' story. The [ ... ] added changes it to 'Man bites dog' (a cliche example, but it illustrates what a good headline does).

Some rules I use for writing headlines:

1. Gets Attention

2. Tells the Story

3. Leads the Reader Into the Story. Use a headline to get the audience to read the story. The audience uses the headline to decide whether to read the story.