When did the media start editorializing in headlines...

[xultar]

So & So BLASTS
Democrats in a Row
Sen Clinton Blats Bush

I can't think of any other examples cuz I'm tired and hungry. But can we discuss this?

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. It's been bothering me too, and for quite some time.

[xultar]

2. Ditto. I can't remember when I first started seeing the headlines though.

It is like it just creeped up on me. Man it is annoying.

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Yes. They praise up the RW guys and mock the Left. Really gets me

wound up because it sets the tone for the whole article (even assuming the rest of the article is appropriately objective, the seed has been planted.)

[The Witch]

4. Never look at the Moonie Times.

They're awful. My favorite was when they did a story about Massachusetts same-sex marriage and put 'marriage' in quotes in the headline.

For a laugh, Testy Copy Editors is the best place to get a laugh out of headlines and ledes that go way too far.

[leftofthedial]

5. I think it started with Guttenberg

[amazona]

6. "They Chose Freedom"

Was the headline of the New Orleans Times-Picayune when the good folks in question actually chose the drunken stumble bum Boris Yeltsin over the other guy. Far as I know, "freedom" was not on the agenda.

Yeah, headline editorializing has been going on for quite some while now.

[bullimiami]

7. a while back. they dont report on the facts now, they editorialize nonstop

and report on the response to the stories. it is crap.

turn off the msm it will rot your brain and make you insane.