The latest example of breaking non-news Fox leads with this headline
"Lost JFK Assassination Documents Believed Found in Dallas Courthouse "
So were they found or weren't they? And who is it that believes that they were found?
You would think that reading a story with such a grammatically damaged lead might actually have some useful information. But let me save you from wasting your time - as I did.
They found a (bad) script from the files of a guy who wanted to write the screenplay for a movie. How is this news?
This is on the same day that another headline informs us:
"Gary Coleman Says He and Wife Have Not Yet Made Love"
Did you really need to know that? Doesn't it just drag your mind to places you really didn't want to go?
Ooh ooh wait! Another piece of Hard News demands our urgent attention:
"Father of Dodi al Fayed Blames Royals for Diana's Death at Inquest "
Again, nothing new. No evidence. Only accustations. Ten Years later, still nothing.
Fox is not alone. All the news networks have become so competitive that they rush to be out there with any scintilla of data that they can pump-up to fill the news programs, webpages, airwaves. We who watch TV news are pretty much wasting our time if we sit through all the teasers and commercials expecting facts when they finally get to the "breaking story."
They proudly declare "You saw it here first!"
Who gives a crap about first? We just want the facts, dude."
2 comments:
Your right ... the Fox Headline should have read, "Lost Believed JFK Assassination Documents Found in Dallas Courthouse" (misplaced word). The others are, I believe, good teases which are what headlines should be. Me thinks DEN you are a little too pernickety.
No the headline should have read: "Lost JFK Documents Found in Dallas Courthouse"
or
"Movie Script found in Dead Dallas D.A.'s Files - Police Searching for Killer."
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