News items being dumbed down

 

No shit, Sherlock!

Here’s a headline from BBC News that is either stunning in it’s naivety, or a fine example of how things are being dumbed down further and further on a daily basis .

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Really, criminal gangs responsible for illegal dumping? There’s me thinking that it was all down to the vast army of DIY home improvers out there.

Who writes these headlines? Is it the night editors daughter, on work experience?

Unfortunately, this kind of thing is not only confined to the BBC news, some headlines I’ve seen recently, particularly by the Daily Suppress, are just as bad, or even worse.

There was one recently that read something like ” Burnham to close residents allotments ” , with the crowning of the new King looking fair to take place shortly, the implication was that Andy Burnham intends to take away the places we keep our whippets and pigeons.

Not so, it was referring to some place called Burnham on Sea.

It’s shabby, shoddy, lazy and downright deceitful. Do better!

Nominated by Jeezum Priest.

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