Archive for January 7th, 2006
What a Difference a Headline Makes
This morning I picked up my Saturday PLAIN DEALER and read the following headline:
“Could miners have lived?… By following procedures, they may have missed best chance for survival”
In my usual rational way, I began to rant and to rave in the general direction of my husband, Tim, who has learned to listen with one ear and continue whatever he is doing with the other. How can they be so insensitive? Aren’t these miners families’ facing enough without all of this second-guessing? And then, Tim says, well what does the article say?
Silence filled the room. Then I quietly sat down in the rocking chair with a cup of coffee and proceeded to read an article that actually was not badly written and did nothing more than state that the miners could not have known that less than 1500 feet away from them was good air. By the way, this article was written by two NEW YORK TIMES reporters. To read the article go to THE NEW YORK TIMES.
I am referring you to the NEW YORK TIMES because the headline in that publication was,
“Miners Went by Book, but Time and Air Ran Out”
I don’t know exactly why, but for some reason, it just hits me as being a much more accurate headline. What do you think?