Tuesday, April 21, 2009

22-year-old woman jumps to death near Children's hospital

There are several problems with this hed. This is the hed that teases the story from the homepage. This hed suggests the death happened near the children's hospital. When you go to the actual story, the hed says it happened at the hospital. Also, "Children's" should not be capitalized because, although the proper name of the hospital is Children's Hospital of Orange County, the hed is not giving the proper name and, when you get to hed on the actual story, the word "children's" is not capitalized. Also, and now I'm getting a little out there, this hed has a double meaning. Did the woman plunge to her death or did she simply jump up and down until her heart gave out? 

Check out the bad hed here.
Check out the story here. 

1 comment:

  1. I agree that the headline has a total double meaning! I was imagining her jumping up and down until her feet fell off.. or her heart gave out, you choose.

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