Parataxis (with cats and ducks)Drudge Report headlines.#headlines·mleddy.blogspot.com·Sep 13, 2024Parataxis (with cats and ducks)
Bacon, windThis headline alone makes me think that I should be supporting The Guardian.#headlines#journalism·mleddy.blogspot.com·Sep 3, 2024Bacon, wind
The New York Times, or The Onion ?Can you identify which headlines come from which?#headlines·mleddy.blogspot.com·Mar 27, 2024The New York Times, or The Onion ?
“For good,” “forever”The New York Times revises a headline.#headlines#NewYorkTimes·mleddy.blogspot.com·Feb 28, 2023“For good,” “forever”
Recently updated“As good of a” — someone fixed it.#NewYorkTimes#usage#headlines·mleddy.blogspot.com·Oct 13, 2022Recently updated
As [+ adj.] a [+ n.] asA New York Times headline, and a passage from Garner’s Modern English Usage.#NewYorkTimes#usage#headlines·mleddy.blogspot.com·Oct 13, 2022As [+ adj.] a [+ n.] as
Salinger in OhioA genuine headline, not from a dream.#headlines#Salinger·mleddy.blogspot.com·Apr 24, 2022Salinger in Ohio
Burying the ledeAn odd headline in The Washington Post: “Four conservative radio talk-show hosts bashed coronavirus vaccines. Then they got sick.” They died.#COVID-19#headlines·mleddy.blogspot.com·Sep 3, 2021Burying the lede
Sardines and gin“Popular Tin of Sardines gin bar to open in former Roker toilet block.”#headlines#sardines·mleddy.blogspot.com·Feb 1, 2021Sardines and gin
MeltdownA wonderful headline from The Washington Post: “Rudy Giuliani’s post-election meltdown starts to become literal.”#headlines·mleddy.blogspot.com·Nov 23, 2020Meltdown
Not from The OnionFrom the New York Post: “Son defends parents caught in college admissions scandal while smoking blunt.”#academia#headlines#cheating·mleddy.blogspot.com·Mar 19, 2019Not from The Onion
Another headlineFrom the New York Daily News : “Cultured klepto who swiped painting worth over $1,000 in the Bronx wanted.”#headlines#sentences·mleddy.blogspot.com·Oct 15, 2018Another headline
[Your headline here]The New York Times explains how to write a New York Times headline.#headlines#NewYorkTimes·mleddy.blogspot.com·Apr 9, 2017[Your headline here]
Faulty sourcesIs the joke in the headline writer's head or mine?#headlines·mleddy.blogspot.com·Jun 7, 2008Faulty sources
Myth and mixed metaphorsUnfortunate local headline#headlines#metaphor#myth·mleddy.blogspot.com·Sep 23, 2006Myth and mixed metaphors
Twilight commaAn odd headline#commas#headlines#punctuation·mleddy.blogspot.com·Aug 3, 2006Twilight comma