17 December 2008

I screaming in Internet Time to Fire Headline Writer: Me

<--Crazy Man, or just crazy headline? Both, as it turns out.

Headlines are important. They allow the reader to easily scan the newspaper, or internets, to decide whether a story is worth reading, or whether you will spend the next 20 minutes finding out what Angelina Jolie said.

Now I am not one to normally pick on the blogosphere, but HuffingtonPost is becoming a respected source of political information. So imagine my reaction when, skimming their headlines, I should run across this gem:

George Tenet Screamed About Jews In Saudi Prince's Pool: Book

Qua?
What the heck was Tenet doing in teh Saudi Prince's Pool. And what does "Book" have to do with anything?
The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg offers an interesting excerpt from "A World Of Trouble," a forthcoming book by Patrick Tyler on the White House and the Middle East. In this scene, CIA director George Tenet, drunk on scotch at Saudi Prince Bandar's pool, rants about Bush administration "Jews" who are "setting me up" to take the fall for the false WMD claims
Maybe they should hire some NYPost headline writers

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