Wednesday, November 04, 2009

There is a name for this

I just read an article about misleading headlines and headlines that one can take in several different ways. There is a namne for this but I can't recall it now. An examp0le is a recent headline

"Murder Suspect Aided By Patrick Accessory"

If taken the way one would normally read the headline would claim there is a actual person named Patrick Accessory. What the story says is that a person from Patrick County is an accessory because they aided a murder suspect by renting them a motel room.

There is an art to writing good headlines. The person writing this one hasn't seemed to master that art.

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