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I thought headlines were intended to entice the reader to the content
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Posted by Cohan sold the Dubz! on 2012-03-07 12:47:41

In Reply to: '>read headline' --> 'mmhh nice hair today, Romney' --> 'where's my wallet?' posted by The Earth Ghost on 2012-03-07 09:09:33

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CNN's "No Knockout Blow for Romney" headline a case study in how low-brow the US media is, lol - buzz 2012-03-07 00:11:17 (116 views)

What it comes down to is a society that cannot handle events playing out over time. - altamont 2012-03-07 14:11:30 (54 views)

Totally agreed. The party covers a wide spectrum of people, so - gsw_hoops 2012-03-07 15:08:24 (38 views)

sure; idiots and hedge fund managers;beaucoup wide - CARTIERFROHAWK 2012-03-07 18:39:19 (20 views)

Hahaha, you have a tiny penis - buzz 2012-03-07 15:17:46 (28 views)

yea... I heard a report on NPR a number of weeks ago that said that this is basically over - shikantaza 2012-03-07 10:47:38 (46 views)

i said circus will continue, and the circus is continuing..... - Doc 2012-03-07 10:14:50 (51 views)

You might like this piece, which supports your point (from a publication on the left) - nomad 2012-03-07 11:52:09 (44 views)

AP story on the math - Doc 2012-03-07 12:49:07 (33 views)

you get all your info from headlines? - Cohan sold the Dubz! 2012-03-07 08:50:42 (32 views)

'>read headline' --> 'mmhh nice hair today, Romney' --> 'where's my wallet?' - The Earth Ghost 2012-03-07 09:09:33 (53 views)

I thought headlines were intended to entice the reader to the content - Cohan sold the Dubz! 2012-03-07 12:47:41 (31 views)

You apparently failed to notice that buzz understood the content. - Earl j. Slick 2012-03-07 14:54:50 (38 views)

Did I? Did he? - Cohan sold the Dubz! 2012-03-07 15:52:52 (28 views)

Didn't you? - Earl j. Slick 2012-03-07 16:30:39 (29 views)

No, he called it "low-brow". I guess I made a huge f'n leap. - Cohan sold the Dubz! 2012-03-07 16:53:15 (31 views)

I guess you just read the headers. - Earl j. Slick 2012-03-07 21:07:11 (21 views)

Not superficial, misleading - nomad 2012-03-07 16:05:24 (26 views)

Christ, I guess knowing the context has fogged my headline compehension. - Cohan sold the Dubz! 2012-03-07 16:36:11 (31 views)

I didn't say it was false - nomad 2012-03-07 17:10:46 (26 views)

that was in the old world...now 100s of flashing headline = 80% of the read content - The Earth Ghost 2012-03-07 13:14:20 (35 views)

"No Knockout Blow for Romney" means "You should keep watching CNN" - Zaphod 2012-03-07 08:06:10 (57 views)

That's exactly what they do. Not sometimes but always.There are templates for it. - The Earth Ghost 2012-03-07 09:03:56 (38 views)

Exactly... But we aren't talking news at this point - buzz 2012-03-07 08:10:56 (59 views)

excellent tv though, I've heard* - The Earth Ghost 2012-03-07 07:55:56 (48 views)

Yep. Covering the horse race without noticing that one horse has lapped the rest. - nomad 2012-03-07 02:37:00 (39 views)

Since each state is different, a horse race isn't a very apt comparison. - gsw_hoops 2012-03-07 09:56:55 (38 views)

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