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progressoid

(49,964 posts) Tue Mar 13, 2012, 03:02 PM Mar 2012

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A lazy fucking press! Proof that journalism is dead!! Liberal_Stalwart71 Mar 2012 #1

Good Lord these are funny - thanks for the laugh aint_no_life_nowhere Mar 2012 #2

K&R pinboy3niner Mar 2012 #3

I can't tell you how many times I've gone herey BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2012 #4

It's their yesphan Mar 2012 #12

more... tk2kewl Mar 2012 #5

Flying bugs, eh? I knew it was something like that! cthulu2016 Mar 2012 #6

omg lol r these for real? or p.shopped leftyohiolib Mar 2012 #7

I almost had a headline for that last article but unfortunately it was only a 48pt bold headline LynneSin Mar 2012 #8

You made me emmadoggy Mar 2012 #24

And let's not forget... progressoid Mar 2012 #9

thanx loved it :o) opihimoimoi Mar 2012 #10

Here's some other good ones..... LynneSin Mar 2012 #11

lol geardaddy Mar 2012 #13

I became an aficionado of newpaper typos back when I was a pre-teen Cirque du So-What Mar 2012 #14

In my mind, I just heard Chevy Chase saying... MarianJack Mar 2012 #15

Like Jay Leno's 'Headlines' segment of the Tonight Show. Thanks. freshwest Mar 2012 #16

Finally, the secret ingredient to lemons revealed! rurallib Mar 2012 #17

I remember the Daily Kansas headline Blue_Tires Mar 2012 #18

These are great. n/t GiveMeFreedom Mar 2012 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author ellisonz Mar 2012 #20

Hilarious, but Cleita Mar 2012 #21

... progressoid Mar 2012 #22

Think of a headline redwitch Mar 2012 #23

I've written "lol", when I really didn't laugh out loud. But I really did with these. abq e streeter Mar 2012 #25

I have worked in the publishing world for years as a copy editor. RebelOne Mar 2012 #26

Ok, that Jets Patriots headline was fkdasd up! jobycom Mar 2012 #27

ow, my cheeks hurt from laughing n/t deacon_sephiroth Mar 2012 #28

Love it. Didn't Johnny Carson show crazy headlines? sinkingfeeling Mar 2012 #29

Repost this in The Lounge, where it belongs. Several SOP violations for GD here. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #30

Liberal_Stalwart71

(20,450 posts)

1. A lazy fucking press! Proof that journalism is dead!!

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Tue Mar 13, 2012, 03:05 PM

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aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)

2. Good Lord these are funny - thanks for the laugh

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Tue Mar 13, 2012, 03:05 PM

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pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

3. K&R

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Tue Mar 13, 2012, 03:07 PM

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Tears of laughter here...

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)

4. I can't tell you how many times I've gone herey

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Tue Mar 13, 2012, 03:08 PM

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barllskdjf fkdasd fg asdf. Frikkin repukes have that effect on me.

yesphan

(1,587 posts)

12. It's their

Reply to BlancheSplanchnik (Reply #4)

Tue Mar 13, 2012, 03:20 PM

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jumphead that gets to me.

tk2kewl

(18,133 posts)

5. more...

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Tue Mar 13, 2012, 03:08 PM

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cthulu2016

(10,960 posts)

6. Flying bugs, eh? I knew it was something like that!

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Tue Mar 13, 2012, 03:09 PM

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leftyohiolib

(5,917 posts)

7. omg lol r these for real? or p.shopped

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Tue Mar 13, 2012, 03:14 PM

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LynneSin

(95,337 posts)

8. I almost had a headline for that last article but unfortunately it was only a 48pt bold headline

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Tue Mar 13, 2012, 03:16 PM

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I was able to take out the italics though

emmadoggy

(2,142 posts)

24. You made me

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Tue Mar 13, 2012, 04:22 PM

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progressoid

(49,964 posts)

9. And let's not forget...

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Tue Mar 13, 2012, 03:16 PM

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opihimoimoi

(52,426 posts)

10. thanx loved it :o)

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Tue Mar 13, 2012, 03:19 PM

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LynneSin

(95,337 posts)

11. Here's some other good ones.....

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Tue Mar 13, 2012, 03:19 PM

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geardaddy

(24,926 posts)

13. lol

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Tue Mar 13, 2012, 03:21 PM

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Ouch! My stomach.

Cirque du So-What

(25,922 posts)

14. I became an aficionado of newpaper typos back when I was a pre-teen

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Tue Mar 13, 2012, 03:22 PM

Mar 2012

and saw in the classifieds (Farm Animals & Equipment) an ad: 'Farty pigs for sale.'

MarianJack

(10,237 posts)

15. In my mind, I just heard Chevy Chase saying...

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Tue Mar 13, 2012, 03:22 PM

Mar 2012

..."Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead!"

I'm MarianJack, and you're not!

PEACE!

freshwest

(53,661 posts)

16. Like Jay Leno's 'Headlines' segment of the Tonight Show. Thanks.

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Tue Mar 13, 2012, 03:28 PM

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rurallib

(62,406 posts)

17. Finally, the secret ingredient to lemons revealed!

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Tue Mar 13, 2012, 03:30 PM

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Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)

18. I remember the Daily Kansas headline

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Tue Mar 13, 2012, 03:34 PM

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that was only a couple of years after I left, iirc

GiveMeFreedom

(976 posts)

19. These are great. n/t

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Tue Mar 13, 2012, 03:34 PM

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Cleita

(75,480 posts)

21. Hilarious, but

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Tue Mar 13, 2012, 04:06 PM

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I would have gotten an "F" in English if I had written headlines like that on my high school newspaper.

progressoid

(49,964 posts)

22. ...

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Tue Mar 13, 2012, 04:08 PM

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redwitch

(14,944 posts)

23. Think of a headline

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Tue Mar 13, 2012, 04:11 PM

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LOL, damn these are wonderful!

abq e streeter

(7,658 posts)

25. I've written "lol", when I really didn't laugh out loud. But I really did with these.

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Tue Mar 13, 2012, 04:31 PM

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RebelOne

(30,947 posts)

26. I have worked in the publishing world for years as a copy editor.

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Tue Mar 13, 2012, 04:35 PM

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And you would not believe some of the screaming errors I have caught in 72-point type.

jobycom

(49,038 posts)

27. Ok, that Jets Patriots headline was fkdasd up!

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Tue Mar 13, 2012, 04:47 PM

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deacon_sephiroth

(731 posts)

28. ow, my cheeks hurt from laughing n/t

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Tue Mar 13, 2012, 04:48 PM

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sinkingfeeling

(51,444 posts)

29. Love it. Didn't Johnny Carson show crazy headlines?

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Tue Mar 13, 2012, 04:53 PM

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HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)

30. Repost this in The Lounge, where it belongs. Several SOP violations for GD here.

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Tue Mar 13, 2012, 04:56 PM

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locking.