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Wonder Why

(3,169 posts)
Mon Jun 27, 2022, 11:04 AM Jun 2022

Where do they hire their editors? Surely, not from Journalism School.

I'm not a Journalist and have no degree in that area but I do know a little about grammar. This title from
[link:https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-brooklyn-grandmother-fatally-struck-car-thief-grandson-20220626-tik6yucfubfp5h4gncbr5j3mja-story.html]

"Brooklyn woman fatally struck by hit-and-run car thief was returning from park with critically hurt 8-year-old grandson" in the NY Daily News[rag], just made me want to cry, not only because of the terrible thing that happened but because of the terrible title of the story.

Here I was thinking this poor woman while carrying her critically ill grandson got killed by a car, but no, she was killed and he was critically injured by the car. The Editor should have caught that and changed it to, perhaps,

"While returning from park, Brooklyn woman fatally struck and her 8 year-old grandson critically injured by hit-and-run car thief".

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Where do they hire their editors? Surely, not from Journalism School. (Original Post) Wonder Why Jun 2022 OP
Throw the horse over the fence some hay. Turbineguy Jun 2022 #1
My wife and in-laws are Germans. Harker Jun 2022 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2022 #2
Perhaps DU could start a new thread of grammatically incorrect headlines. LogicFirst Jun 2022 #3
Help your uncle Jack off his horse central scrutinizer Jun 2022 #4

Response to Wonder Why (Original post)

LogicFirst

(571 posts)
3. Perhaps DU could start a new thread of grammatically incorrect headlines.
Mon Jun 27, 2022, 11:30 AM
Jun 2022

I saw one yesterday which clearly stated that a bear was stranded in a tree with a plastic bottle on it.

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