And the Oscar for Best Headline Goes to the Oakland Tribune
Friday's front page of the Oakland Tribune captures the whitewashed Oscar nominations with a flawless headline.
"Obama is straw that stirs the drink — bad." The only person who understands this headline is presumably employed as an editor at the New York Post.
The Way We Used to Quarantine in New York
So far, because there are only three of them, it's easy to feel reassured that those potentially and actually infected with Ebola in New York are in safe quarantine. Bellevue insists it had a biohazard protocol all ready and waiting; there is nothing to worry about.
"How you can profit from Ebola"
"How you can profit from Ebola." USA Today's Matt Krantz has the scoop:
You may have noticed that the game recently changed, with respect to feminism. But how? When? Who? Aha: "Emma Watson Delivers Game-Changing Speech on Feminism for the U.N.,"a VanityFair.com headline reports.
John Oliver Literally Smashed a Piñata to Make This Headline Accurate
With Last Week Tonight taking the week off, John Oliver filmed this web-only segment about two things he strongly dislikes: Inaccurate internet headlines and piñatas. Fuck piñatas.
"Boy Sentenced to Jail Because of Large Penis" is your headline of the day.
"Are female breadwinners a recipe for disaster?"
Today in Thought Catalog Headlines: "Dear Women, Please Stop. Just Really, Stop."
61 Things 2013 Was "the Year of"
As another year comes to a close, we must determine how it will be remembered by all of the generations who will come after us. Will 2013 be commemorated, as we predicted last year, as the Year of Meh? Far from it. We found at least 61 better options.
"How This Syrian Situation Reminds Me of High School" is just a great Thought Catalog headline.
"Whoa! This sea creature looks just like Cookie Monster." It sure does.
For Shitty Conference, A Whole Website.
A Thought Catalog essay headlined "I Got Yelled At By An Inner City Kid At A YMCA Camp" begins, "I never went to public school. This is probably for the best because frankly I don’t think I would have survived." Must read!
Reader Poll: Big Letters in Headlines or little letters in headlines?
A debate is raging here at Gawker Media: Should we, as a suite of web sites, maintain (with one exception) our current adherence to the grand American newspapering tradition of Headlines that Capitalize the First Letter of Each Significant Word? Or should we crumble before the creeping Europeanization of our culture…
New York Times Can't Quite Bring Itself to Call Liar a Liar
Paul Browne, the NYPD's longtime spokesman, is retiring. It is a well-established and irrefutable fact that Paul Browne is a liar. The New York Times knows this. They'll even write about it. They just can't come right out and say it.
Today in Important Headlines: "Is Interracial Marriage Still Scandalous?"
Headline of the day: Chubby Checker — 'I Don't Want People to Call Me a Penis'
Is Anyone Else Confused by This Neil Armstrong Obituary Headline?
Reader Kate S. sent in this headline from the Houston Chronicle — "Armstrong takes final leap."
