Headline style pet peeve

now i've seen it all.

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All, now he's seen it.

 

There should be more visual cleverness:

ALL

Now he's seen it

 

Close, but no helmets.

 

It's the Post. They can do whatever the hell they want. Shit, I'd work for them in a heartbeat. Boring layout page and all. Sign me up.

 

Ha ha ... I have many talents. Sadly, headline writing has never been one of them ... I was always OK with that.

 

That said, I did come up with the odd gem. And the one I always hang my hat on was:

Bert, Who's He?

On a column depicting the Vancouver Canucks' trying to evade the issue of The Incident, perpetrated by Bertuzzi against Steve Moore. After Bert's suspension, the players were acting like he didn't even exist.

 

I'm appalled at the lazy sports headlines these days. Yes, copy editors are overworked to the bone, but heds and cutlines are where you show how great you are. Punch up your heds and cuts. Make 'em shout. Push the envelope. Take risks. And never settle for the boring and the mundane. Look hard into the story and find something that really sells.

 

Says the guy whose handle is one of the most cliched headlines since "Orange Crush."

I keed, I keed.

 

yeah, well, what's your point?

show me some better copy editors, and i'll shut up.

copy editors, at least plenty of them, have forgotten what it means to be a copy editor.............

it's not just about finding misspelled words, ya know.

 

TrojanHorse, where have you been hiding?

 

Have Al Strachan thrown on your desk and you'll know what it takes to be a copy editor. Until then, however, you are not my hero.