Today's Media "WTF" Moment: Do you like news? what about t-shirts?

[NightWatcher]

As if it’s not hard enough to summarize a story in six or seven words, CNN.com has a new test for editors: is the headline witty enough to be worn on a T-shirt?

The store pages for CNN.com’s T-shirts have recorded more than one million page views, suggesting a lot of curiosity. But chuckling at a headline T-shirt and actually paying for one are two different things. A CNN spokeswoman said “north of one thousand” shirts had been sold through the company’s vendor partner, Spreadshirt. The No. 3 headline thus far is: “1 in 3 workers hung over at office.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/09/business/media/09cnn.html

I love T-shirts more than the next guy, but zoinks. Here are some of the headlines that are available today.

Secretive Swingers Club Irks Neighbors
Muslims Go Online For Dating Advice
Pig Wears Wee Boots To Keep Off Mud

For a complete list go here http://www.cnn.com/tshirt/archive/

[Drum]

1. This one too:

http://www.cnn.com/tshirt/?headline=CNN%20producer%20gets%20Tased%2C%20bro&fhash=504e8eaa2fcd697d138c6c9d172d6773&date=1213356969000&hash=13a255750bdbf7c75be1c4c41a86371b&return_uri=http://www.cnn.com/video/%23/video/tech/2008/06/12/spellman.nonlethal.weapons.cnn

:shrug: