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Which is why there will never be a followup. "Mystery Object Found to be Benign, Everyday Rock" does not make for a great headline. Edit: I may be underestima
by Zikes 13y ago
Which is why there will never be a followup.
"Mystery Object Found to be Benign, Everyday Rock" does not make for a great headline.
Edit: I may be underestimating NYT's ingenuity a bit. I suppose "Big Bertha Resumes Drilling After Penetrating Ancient Glacial Super Rock" would serve the purpose.
- BrandonMarc 13y ago"Subterranean Seattle Drilling Engineers Use This ..." (wait for it) "... One Weird Trick ..." (ah, there it is) "... To Conquer Ancient Mega Boulder Behemoth" Yep. That's a headline.
- Raphael 13y agoGlacial tills hate them!
- drzaiusapelord 13y agoPrint news is now web-based which is all about ad impressions via alarmist or overly dramatized articles. Journalism somehow keeps finding a way to get worse.
- sharkweek 13y agoThis isn't new -- journalism has always been about selling a headline. But even then, it's just about them meeting a demand we have for the curious/ridiculous/obscene. WAR BEGINS... with a w (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H6OULO5R4Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H6OULO5R4Y)
- drzaiusapelord 13y agoGood point, but my concern is, in the past they only needed catchy covers. Then you bought the paper and the rest was more sane. Now every article needs to make money, so every article is a cover story with all its drama and embellishments.