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Least Appropriate Headline Ever?
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the Chilean earthquake was a contest at The Times
///Ann Marie Hourihane speculates that Claud Cockburn “made up” the famous headline, “Small earthquake in Chile. Not many dead”. It was not made up, at least according to Cockburn himself.
In his autobiography A Time of Trouble he described how the sub editors on the London Times in the 1930s invented a competition with a small prize to see who could write the dullest headline. “It had to be a genuine headline, that is to say one which was printed in the next morning’s newspaper.” He stated, “I won it only once, with a headline which announced ‘Small earthquake in Chile. Not many dead’.”///
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///Ann Marie Hourihane speculates that Claud Cockburn “made up” the famous headline, “Small earthquake in Chile. Not many dead”. It was not made up, at least according to Cockburn himself.
In his autobiography A Time of Trouble he described how the sub editors on the London Times in the 1930s invented a competition with a small prize to see who could write the dullest headline. “It had to be a genuine headline, that is to say one which was printed in the next morning’s newspaper.” He stated, “I won it only once, with a headline which announced ‘Small earthquake in Chile. Not many dead’.”///
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You are a naughty boy, Doug, with your happy ending inappropriateness.
The whole article was dreadfully done though, from the headline to the inconvenient fact that an unmentioned dead rescuer or two can hardly classify the event as an "almost flawlessly happy ending", even before the poor lad recently departed.
The whole article was dreadfully done though, from the headline to the inconvenient fact that an unmentioned dead rescuer or two can hardly classify the event as an "almost flawlessly happy ending", even before the poor lad recently departed.
One in the Scotsman many years ago back in the 70s concerning 'suspicious' goings on in Edinburgh's Grassmarket, local folk having complained of the coming and going, the noise and the smell of burning rubber.
"Edinburgh Council go in to look for Unauthorised Erections"....now that's an Ed with a sense of humour.
"Edinburgh Council go in to look for Unauthorised Erections"....now that's an Ed with a sense of humour.
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