Tuesday, October 23, 2007

HA! Watch your headlines...

Headlines need to be correct. Just because you've thoroughly edited the story itself doesn't mean you can go hog-wild and let the headline slide, as the following story shows.

The headline read "25 percent of S.C. teachers accused of sex offenses."
What it should have said “25 percent of disciplined S.C. teachers accused of sex offenses.”

"Unfortunately, the word “disciplined” was left out, completely changing the meaning of the headline."


No kidding.

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