Headlines

The Onion: Our Front Pages Celebrates Years Of Hilarious Headlines

The New York Times | ERIC KONIGSBERG | Posted 11.03.2009 | Books


Headlines in the satirical weekly newspaper The Onion tend to function both as punch line and setup, in that order. They are the heart of the paper, a...

Media Gets Off On Train Masturbator (Pick Your Favorite Headline!)

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 09.13.2009 | New York


When one of the top stories is a subway flasher, it's practically a field day for the local media. Here's a quick rub- er, rundown of the wit that is...

Who Should Decide What News is Important?

Tim Berry | Posted 08.23.2009 | Media


Tim Berry

Back in the old days, editors decided what was news, not advertisers and not readers. There was this concept called "news values."

Jackson's Death Once Again Shows Newspapers Are Irrelevant

Marcia Meier | Posted 08.07.2009 | Media


Marcia Meier

Every day, most newspaper headlines literally shout: We are irrelevant!

I Know: You Didn't Write the Headline

Candy Spelling | Posted 06.28.2009 | Media


Candy Spelling

"Candy Spelling: Tori's Actions Killed My Husband Aaron Spelling." I don't know who is writing the headlines, but I wish he or she would read the rest of their own stories.

Invitations to Corruption By American Leadership

Stephen H. Baum | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics


Stephen H. Baum

Where is the U.S. media attention and exploration of how to safeguard the interests of the public from corruption and cronyism?

Banana Peels

Jan Herman | Posted 11.01.2008 | Media


Jan Herman

The excuse for running the photo was an FAA warning that the city's building boom could complicate Southern Nevada flight traffic 10 years from now. Uh-huh...