Stating the painfully obvious, headline division
You know, headline writing just doesn't get any more redundant than this.
Courtesy of a copy editor at ABC News, we get this sterling example: "Virginia Man Who Killed Four Had Mental Problems."
Let's see...
Nathan W. Cheatham:
Killed his mother on Christmas Day, then...
Drove 10 miles to the home of some family friends, where he...
Fired 50 shots, killing three more people.
Mental problems...
You think?
Courtesy of a copy editor at ABC News, we get this sterling example: "Virginia Man Who Killed Four Had Mental Problems."
Let's see...
Nathan W. Cheatham:
Killed his mother on Christmas Day, then...
Drove 10 miles to the home of some family friends, where he...
Fired 50 shots, killing three more people.
Mental problems...
You think?
SwanShadow was randomly pounding the keyboard at 11:43 PM
2 insisted on sticking two cents in:
Hey, they (the reporters) can't immediately jump the gun and make an opinion. Maybe it wasn't mental. Drugs? Emotions a bit more extreme than usual? Being controlled by aliens ;-)
That's about as dumb as "$100 Million Lotto Winner is Happy."
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