Whacko AOL Headlines III
Bad wave! No cookie!
Nighthawk spotted this one on his My Yahoo page Saturday. Can you imagine spending all that time writing an article on the relief efforts only to have some nut put a headline like this on your work?
I guess they’re still testing the emotion chips, then.
I took the screenshot that this is based on back in February of 2004. It’s been sitting in a bunch of files waiting to be processed.
42 points of articulation, and they all hurt.
Come and get it!
This doesn’t happen often…usually, the little runt is trying to herd me around the kitchen while I cook.
Blurring the lines between journalism and fiction
Those of you blessedly immune to America Online’s web services may not be aware that they run news services and other portal-page information as soon as you log on. One “feature” of the portal is a slide-show style montage of headlines that flip every three seconds or so. They’re always of the format:
Highly Significant Headline A
– Unrelated Headline B
…which is backwards from the usual headline standard the planet’s journalists use:
Highly Significant Headline A
– Subheadline for related story B
The end result is sometimes pathetic and sometimes funny. Today’s is pathetic.
Ah, Contingency plans! (2 of 2)
