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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