Headlines should not be questions.

[dave29]

Friday pet peeve with the media. Just read "Will Sestak's no paying job offer hurt campaign?" as a headline on Yahoo. You see this sort of thing all the time because of the pundit groupthink journalists seem to find themselves in.

It's not a headline. It's a premise. Or an inevitable hit piece.

C'mon journalism professionals. Lets try harder.

My headline for you: "Journalism today... Just the facts?"

[FiveGoodMen]

1. Agreed.

[Kingofalldems]

2. I think Fox started that

[jody]

3. Agree "Headlines should not be questions" and DU Subjects should be informative so I don't pass by

a good thread.

Your terse subject was informative and attracted my interest whereas such things as "Shut up *" never causes me to browse a thread.

Just a pet peeve I wanted to share because a news headline and DU subject serve the same purpose, to attract a reader to browse if not read carefully the article.

:hi:

[Bobbieo]

4. Objective Journalism - the five "W" and How!