Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Why Not Having A Filthy-Minded Editor Can Be Bad
Let's take note of this CNN story on a certain philandering lawyer-politician from North Carolina: "Can Edwards Make A Comeback?"
Apparently, no one at CNN considered the implications of the original title of this story -- "Can Edwards Mount A Comeback" -- until it was posted. In fact, even though the title was changed on the CNN site, when you Google "John Edwards Comeback", guess which version pops up (ahem!) at the top of the Search list?
I'm guessing that the writer of the original version was some young 'un who wasn't writing headlines back in the '90s during the heady days of the Clinton-Lewinsky administration.
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Apparently, no one at CNN considered the implications of the original title of this story -- "Can Edwards Mount A Comeback" -- until it was posted. In fact, even though the title was changed on the CNN site, when you Google "John Edwards Comeback", guess which version pops up (ahem!) at the top of the Search list?
I'm guessing that the writer of the original version was some young 'un who wasn't writing headlines back in the '90s during the heady days of the Clinton-Lewinsky administration.
Labels: double entendres, headlines
