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Head-Scratch Tab Hed Conjures Confusing Crime Scene

As Jason Linkins says: "Wow. Before Law And Order: SVU rips this headline, they will need to edit it."

01/19/10

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By Pareene

#mediacrack

A Simple Plan for Newspapers to Thrive Online

In your smiley Tuesday media column: newspapers only sell online subscriptions to lone nuts, Dan Rather loses on appeal, a headline is debated, and Paste magazine lives. More »

01/12/10

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By Hamilton Nolan

#holidaze

Click here to read A Typo We Can Totally Understand; <em>Update</em>: But a Photo Screw-Up That's Unforgivable

A Typo We Can Totally Understand; Update: But a Photo Screw-Up That's Unforgivable

Writes the tipster who spotted the typo currently on NYPost.com: "If only 'Michael Jackson' were easy to spell, like 'Tiger Woods.'" Which is funny, except practically no one is working in media today, including here — expect light posting. More »

12/23/09

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By Gabriel Snyder

#immature

Congressional Ethics Office Closes Dicks Investigation

First we thought, "when did we get a job writing headlines for venerable old Roll Call?" but then we were like "oh, there is a sorta sleazy congressman named Dicks. Norman Dicks." Anyways him and Murtha are (mostly) ethical!

12/18/09

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By Pareene

#headlines

Carbon Dioxide Makes Champagne Sparkle

Okay, global warming. But on the other hand... [WSJ]

12/18/09

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By Hamilton Nolan

#metaphors

Click here to read <i>2012</i>'s Triumph Tests the Mettle of America's Headline Writers

2012's Triumph Tests the Mettle of America's Headline Writers

When an apocalypse-themed movie rakes in truckloads of money, no copy editor on Earth, looking to top to a weekend tallies story, could withstand the temptation of the epic cataclysm metaphor waiting for them tied up with a box . More »

11/16/09

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By Richard Rushfield

#games

Gawker Guessing Game: The New York Post's Heavy Metal Headline

Damn, New York Post. You rocked it with today's headline, which gets placed in the epic "STAB BABY" headline file. But why so serious? Who're they talking about? Pinch Sulzberger? Col Allen? Jon Gosselin? Make guesses, place your bets! Ready? More »

11/14/09

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By Foster Kamer

#mediacrack

Click here to read <em>The New Yorker</em>'s Dark Anti-Brazil Conspiracy Uncovered

The New Yorker's Dark Anti-Brazil Conspiracy Uncovered

In your conspiratorial Thursday media column: The New Yorker hates Brazil, Laurel Touby bids you farewell, Pinch Sulzberger ups his humor quotient, and sexism exists. More »

10/01/09

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By Hamilton Nolan

#journalismism

'World's First Cocaine Bar' Discovered, Far Away

The Guardian says the "World's First Cocaine Bar" is a roving lounge in Bolivia where backpackers come and sniff cheap coke till their money runs out. Huh. Here we call that a "coke spot" and in some neighborhoods they're everywhere.

08/19/09

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By Hamilton Nolan

#headlines

Click here to read The <em>New York Post</em> Never Forgets

The New York Post Never Forgets

Oh New York Post, is there any Bill Clinton story you can't work a Monica Lewinsky joke into? The banner headline over the former president's heroic rescue of Euna Lee and Laura Ling: "BILL CAN STILL GET THE WOMEN"

08/05/09

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By Gabriel Snyder

#headlines

Pity Itty Bitty Kitty: Cupboard's Bare Cause Mother's There. Snackin' Fatty Dragged in Paddy Wagon.

07/24/09

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Only Trashiest News Sites Still Covering Jackson Death

Wait, this can't be right.

06/26/09

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By Pareene

#badvertising

Yelp Sorry About Ruining Anti-Rape Message

Whoops: Yelp signed up "SF Women Against Rape" as a sponsor of its email newsletter, then ran their ad under an insinuating headline about bicycles that read, "Put the Fun Between Your Legs." Cue the outrage! More »

05/27/09

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By Ryan Tate

#piratewars

Violent Pirate Pilot Silent, Save for Raves of Hater Paper

Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse, the surviving teenage Somali pirate, was back in court yesterday, making the best of his unplanned NYC visit. So far his main contribution has been to stimulate New York Post headline writers: More »

05/20/09

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By Hamilton Nolan

#headlines

Well, Yes

No big surprise. [NYT]

05/11/09

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By Hamilton Nolan

#headlines

"STAB DAD NABBED IN DRAG." That's like an entire section of the Post's rhyming dictionary.

05/05/09

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#gotchajournalismism

CNN Confuses Similar-Looking Bush, Obama

It's OK, CNN. We all have our suspicions about which world leaders conspired to launch this "spontaneous" swine-flu panic. But we'd pair Bush with someone from PRI. At least you "fixed" the "error" quickly.

05/03/09

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By Ryan Tate

#headlines

Post Suddenly Soft on Republican Defectors

Rupert Murdoch's last biographer thinks his young wife is turning him soft and liberal. Maybe so: The mogul's pet tabloid went easy on party-switching Sen. Arlen Specter today, compared with Jim Jeffords in 2001. More »

04/29/09

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By Ryan Tate

#piratewars