29-10-2008, 11:56 PM
The secondary point of headlines is to pre-shape the reader's perspective on what's to follow.
The first word often turns out to influence the last word.
A story headlined "JFK Likes 'Em Four at a Time" and focused on Kennedy's White House cultural programs will leave a majority of readers thinking about a presidential preference for chamber maids rather than for chamber music.
The first word often turns out to influence the last word.
A story headlined "JFK Likes 'Em Four at a Time" and focused on Kennedy's White House cultural programs will leave a majority of readers thinking about a presidential preference for chamber maids rather than for chamber music.
Charles Drago
Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene
Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene