I've done some posts previously on headlines and newspapers, but the people who work in print media just keep serving up more bloopers for our (unintentional?) enjoyment.
As I scanned through my file of headlines, I noticed that quite a few showed the need for proofreaders with some mathematical expertise.
For this first one, just the ability to count would have sufficed.
The next several headlines show a lack of some other fundamental principles.
This next one shows that the writer didn't think like a mathematician would in considering how the line would read.
This one, though math related, is really a matter of spelling. I must say that the misspelling does make it read quite differently.
I wonder if this writer realizes how many years ago the Civil War took place.
As a transition into the next group of headlines, this next one shows how the "fuzzy math" of politicians is starting to affect the public.
I don't know if politicians or the media are to blame for this next one.
Here are several that show some keen political insights on the poor among us.
Speaking of meetings ... or should I say meatings....
Maybe that atrocity is because of the following?
The PETA lunch would be better than the following announced luncheon.
If they can't speak safely in regards to mathematical or socio-political issues, at least they can do so concerning the weather.
Well, after that last one, I take back what I said about and issue the news can address safely....
quotation...
"Avoid the places and the people that put you at risk." — Drew Conley
=^..^=
Rob
If a man sees two sides of a problem, he doesn't have money invested in it.
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on Jan 30th, 2013 at 4:24 pm
Good try on the speculation that Black Angus meat is popular because cows are losing their jobs due to a drop in milk prices … but probably not. Milk cow breeds are usually Holstein, Jersey, Guernsey or Ayrshire. Beef breeds are along the lines of Longhorn, Whiteface (Hereford), Black or Red Angus, Charolais, etc., and usually don’t produce milk in quantities sufficient to be “employed” for dairy production; just enough to feed their own babies.
I have heard from an independent butcher that since Angus meat can generate a higher price per pound, some farmers bring him cows of other breeds (even culled dairy animals, whose meat is usually tougher than that of animals raised for beef) and ask him to butcher and package it as “Angus.” Thankfully, he refuses; but it may be that not all that is sold as Angus beef really is.
on Jan 31st, 2013 at 9:36 pm
The Baltimore Police are either really tall or have many legs – I can’t discern solely from the headline…
I wonder if Richard Guess considers himself to be a taxpayer.