The Saints Go Marching In :: SteynOnline
by Mark Steyn • Aug 27, 2015
There is nothing worth reading in American newspapers and they entirely deserve to go out of business. An old editor of mine in Fleet Street liked to emphasize the importance of what she called a "f**k-me headline". In the United States, if a story does not fit their ideological needs, the media prefer a sedate-me headline. From The New York Times:
Suspect in Virginia Shooting of News Team Commits Suicide
Not quite passive and enervated enough for you? Try The Boston Globe:
Suspected gunman in Virginia TV killings dies at hospital
Etc.
On the other hand, from across the pond at The Daily Express:
Virginia gunman claimed he was bullied for being black and gay in rambling suicide-memo
From The Daily Mail:
Revenge race murder: Bitter black reporter who gunned down white ex-colleagues live on air and posted the video online blames Charleston shootings and anti-gay harassment in manifesto-go to links-
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