Well, Duh! Headlines Recently

[Karen]

Lately there seems to have been a spate of headlines that state the completely and utterly obvious. Today there's a story on CNN, and the head you click to get to it is "Valentines Day Isn't Always Happy." - Duh!
And earlier this week was a headline "Alzheimer's Hard on Spouses, too."

What gives? Do we need news articles to tell us the patently obvious? Or should the editors writing the headlines be given a week of to recharge their collective brains?

[Catty1]

Dumb headlines have a good history - see below:

http://www.jokes2go.com/lists/list75.html

Stupid Headlines Printed by the Press


1. Something Went Wrong in Plane Crash, Expert Says


2. Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers


3. Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures


4. Safety Experts Say School Bus Passengers Should Be Belted


5. Stud Tires Out


6. Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over


7. British Left Waffles on Falkland Islands


8. Lung Cancer in Women Mushrooms


9. Eye Drops off Shelf


10. Teacher Strikes Idle Kids


11. Reagan Wins on Budget, But More Lies Ahead


12. War Dims Hope for Peace


13. Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim


14. Shot Off Woman's Leg Helps Nicklaus to 66


15. Enraged Cow Injures Farmer with Ax


16. Miners Refuse to Work after Death


17. Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant


18. Stolen Painting Found by Tree


19. Checkout Counter Killer Sentenced to Die for Second Time in 10 Years


20. Never Withhold Herpes Infection from Loved One


21. Drunken Drivers Paid $1000


22. If Strike isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last a While


23. Enfields Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide


24. Red Tape Holds Up New Bridge


25. Deer Kill 17,000


26. Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead


27. Man Struck by Lightning Faces Battery Charge


28. New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group


29. Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft


30. Kids Make Nutritious Snacks

[Catty1]

Just one more....



Here are some funny newspaper headlines:

http://www.innocentenglish.com/funny-bloopers-mistakes-quotes/funny-newspaper-headlines.html


Grandmother of eight makes hole in one

Deaf mute gets new hearing in killing

Police begin campaign to run down jaywalkers

House passes gas tax onto senate

Stiff opposition expected to casketless funeral plan

Two convicts evade noose, jury hung

William Kelly was fed secretary

Milk drinkers are turning to powder

Safety experts say school bus passengers should be belted

Quarter of a million Chinese live on water

Farmer bill dies in house

[Pam]

Jay Leno has a segment on the Tonight Show called Headlines. Some of them are hilarious. I love the ones that he shows that have misspellings which, at times, can be really really funny!

[RICHARD]

Kee-rist

I used to write headlines for the school newspaper.

A few things that you have to keep in mind to WRITE a good headline.

Space, type and story.

You have to know what the story is about, what the size of the type used in the headline and how much space that allows you.

Here's one from the recent NIU cmpus shootings.


CAMPUS KILLER POLITE.

:rolleyes:

[Pembroke_Corgi]

Ha ha some of those are pretty funny. Maybe the writers are bored or just being ironic?

[zippy-kat]

A recent one from our local paper: Man Found Dead in Cemetery.

[Sparklecoon]

one found on Yahoo. "Fast food may cause obesity" Thank you random medical study I would of never have realised that on my own.

[Karen]

Yeah, the ones I posted about are just plain obvious- not even funny. It's like making a headline for "snow is cold." Well, yeah - by definition ... and it isn;t like it is a slow news period!

[luckies4me]

Oh man, maybe it's just me but those really cracked me up! :D