| 04 February 2009
I realize not all journalists get the liberty of penning their own titles. That said, everyone's entitled to taking the easy way out once in a while. When life gives you lemons, you do the easy thing and make lemonade. I usually don't even get that far. Lemonade isn't my thing. I prefer lemon meringue pie. But man, that's a lot of work. I don't think I'm alone on this one. Most people aren't out there hustlin' lemonade or pie. They're just sitting on a pile of them wondering what to do with them all (or are receiving government bailout money to continue manufacturing them - ahem Windsor). That's just leisure. That's not someone's paycheque or professional pride on the line.
A journalist for example will, and should, resist the temptation to plug in a cliché headline they've been saving for a rainy day or just screams necessity for the story in question. Like an ice cream truck crashing into an orphanage (I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream in Horror Because Of Ice Cream) or a bee keeper in economic straits (Not So Busy as a Bee Anymore). But journalists and editors have off days too. Just usually not all at once. With the same bad spin on the same line. I saw this coming a mile away and I just hoped it wouldn’t happen. I expect a little more ‘New Imagination, Less Journalistic Aberrations’ than what I came across in my daily hockey hunt today.
New Coach, Same Old Senators (Alert Ripley's, the Sun actually took the high road) Ottawa Citizen.
New Coach, Same Results (Really? I know it's a blog but have some pride. One reader comments that he/she was expecting this title too. Looks like this headline went off like a Bob Saget joke at a pentecostall church) Sens Chirp.
New Coach, Another Loss For Senators (Believe it or not, the column is actually much worse than the headline. Congrats to whoever got that one past an editor) A Channel.
Senators Have New Bench Boss, Same Old Problems (I won't comment on plagiarism, but if you're going to do it, make sure you nail it) Globe and Mail
New Joke, Same Punchline (A little variation on an old classic, but what else can you expect from a station that thinks the public wants to hear Kypreos talk) Sportsnet.
Bad Line, Always a Bad Line
Bad Line, Always a Bad Line
Bad Line, Always a Bad Line
Bad Line, Always a Bad Line No Matter How Many Times It's Written.
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