Small Piece of Journalistic Commentary

13 May 2008 at 5:55 pm (friendsromanscountrymen, snarkbutter)

In a tale that could only be thought up in some form of twisted fan fiction, four blogging heavyweights met for lunch today: Ryan of OhRyanKelley, Taylor from Know Better, EvRock from Let’s Get Tight, and yours truly. We discussed the finer points of Mr. Show episodes and other merry diversions over sandwiches and soups at the local Panera. On the way out, though, I saw this headline in today’s USA Today:

Now, this may very incredibly naïve of me, but if I were reporting on a poll, I would put the majority response in the large typeface and then have the “few say otherwise” line follow. To have the “FEW SAY OUTRAGEOUS THING (but majority say the thing that makes total sense)” headline is misleading to an almost insulting degree. But then again, I’m not trying to sell papers.

1 Comment

  1. Taylor said,

    14 May 2008 at 1:49 am

    But if they did it the sensible way, would it really reflect the state of the USA, Today?

    P.S. Colbert did a bit tonight equivalent to this post. Andy you’re a settings trends hours, HOURS before the trendsetters.

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