The digital headline is all too often driven by an algorithm based on words or phrases which will trigger responses. And the mainstream media has largely scrapped the grizzled subs who specialised in headline writing, and have left the task to far duller minds. The decline of the great headline means I have shifted from collecting fine examples to collecting bewildering ones. All of the headlines below are real and unedited (none is made up — even though that’s extremely hard to believe at times) and all have appeared in relatively mainstream digital media in 2021. The primary sources are dailymail.co.uk, news24.com, buzzfeed.com, theguardian.com, washingtonpost.com, nytimes.com, iol.co.za, timeslive.co.za and smh.com.au, but they have been harvested from many places.

Source: News 24 July 05, 2021 20:03 UTC