Wednesday, May 26, 2004
Amber Alert: Missing Headlines II
All splashheads, all splashheads, be on the lookout for another headline, reported missing from the front page of the New York Times.
The headline, first reported missing by a North Carolina resident, describes suspected plans for an Al Qaeda strike this summer, and has been seen in a variety of other media outlets.
The headline was last seen on the 26 May hard copy editions of the Daytona Beach News Journal, the Arizona Daily Star, the Los Angeles Daily News, The Oakland Tribune, the Orange County Register, the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, the San Diego Union Tribune, the Ventura County Star, the Colorado Springs Gazette, the Washington Post, the Indianapolis Star, the Cedar Rapids Gazette, and, well, you get the idea.
New York residents are reporting that the headline may have been stolen, and replaced with yet another story breathlessly announcing more marginal developments in a weeks old story.
Residents of Los Angeles are also reporting that the headline has now gone missing from the front page of the Los Angeles Times, and has been mysteriously been replaced with the headline, "Justices Wary of S.F. Gay Unions."
While the apparent New York abduction bears the hallmarks of a media obsession with pornography, investigators in Los Angeles have not yet ruled out an elaborate prank.
The Orlando Sentinel's decision to lead with a panel's deliberations on the dangers of Toxic Mold appears to be rooted in a decline in faculties stemming from toxic mold.
Do not try to apprehend these editors yourselves. Instead, keep them occupied with polite letters and emails to the editors and reporters on the story, and report missing headlines, mangled quotes, blatant bias, and factual errors to the bleary-eyed team of specialists at IraqNow.
Splash, out
Jason
The headline, first reported missing by a North Carolina resident, describes suspected plans for an Al Qaeda strike this summer, and has been seen in a variety of other media outlets.
The headline was last seen on the 26 May hard copy editions of the Daytona Beach News Journal, the Arizona Daily Star, the Los Angeles Daily News, The Oakland Tribune, the Orange County Register, the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, the San Diego Union Tribune, the Ventura County Star, the Colorado Springs Gazette, the Washington Post, the Indianapolis Star, the Cedar Rapids Gazette, and, well, you get the idea.
New York residents are reporting that the headline may have been stolen, and replaced with yet another story breathlessly announcing more marginal developments in a weeks old story.
Residents of Los Angeles are also reporting that the headline has now gone missing from the front page of the Los Angeles Times, and has been mysteriously been replaced with the headline, "Justices Wary of S.F. Gay Unions."
While the apparent New York abduction bears the hallmarks of a media obsession with pornography, investigators in Los Angeles have not yet ruled out an elaborate prank.
The Orlando Sentinel's decision to lead with a panel's deliberations on the dangers of Toxic Mold appears to be rooted in a decline in faculties stemming from toxic mold.
Do not try to apprehend these editors yourselves. Instead, keep them occupied with polite letters and emails to the editors and reporters on the story, and report missing headlines, mangled quotes, blatant bias, and factual errors to the bleary-eyed team of specialists at IraqNow.
Splash, out
Jason
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