Backward Ran Sentences Until Reeled The Mind
CNN.com often gets razzed for its terrible headline-writing. It doesn't usually bother me, but this morning there were some real doozies. For instance, this one gets the award for useless personal health factoid:
CONTEST EATERS FACE OBESITY, OTHER HEALTH RISKS
What?! People who competitively gorge themselves have a higher risk of obesity? I'd better click through and read that one right away.
On the utterly content-free front:
10 HUMOR SITES SURE TO MAKE YOU LOL
Slow news day, you think?
Or this one -- pretty much tailor-made for cable news:
TEACHER LEAKS SEX TAPE TO HER STUDENTS
Hey, I have a question: where the hell were all these teachers when I was in school?
Then we have a headline that combines the lurid rubbernecking appeal of flesh-eating viruses with the mawkishness of sick but saintly children:
BOY EATEN BY LAKE BACTERIA WANTS ICE CREAM
After a headline like that, there's no point in reading the story. Just tell me where to send the check.
