I see bad headlines every week at my job,  my writers love puns and allusions to obscure things. It makes me crazy.

But I do LOVE a good bad headline.

From BBC News:
MPs seek answers on Nutt sacking

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What could it mean: maybe you really don't know how to write a headline.

This is not an eye grabbing device. I don't know who started doing this and where my reporters picked it up, but it drives me insane. They do not fit well in two columns, and even worse across four columns. I don't know if it's up to whatever standards there are for writing, ( Read more... )

Ten pounds of excrement in a one pound bag.

If you send me an 8.5x11 word document chock full of 12 pt type, you can be damn sure it will not fit in a 2.5" x 3" ad. I promise. I'm not new here. I've squeezed too much type in to ads for years now. Do the best I can? OK. I hope you like 4pt type if you insist on keeping all that copy. I'm done arguing ( Read more... )

Calling me two minutes before I send the files to press to see if I can get an article in the layout.

The answer is no.

An hour ago, it would have been a maybe. Figure it out. And when I say no, it means no. Don't pout or try to make me feel guilty, it's a non issue. This is twice as annoying if the story is about nothing. 

Adding '-ians' to a word to describe people from a specific geographic location.

John Doe is attempting to provoke a dialogue among Geauga Countians concerning the matter.

It is just clunky, sounds retarded, and doesn't really make sense. blargh.