These Newspaper Headlines Really Missed the Mark

Nobody’s perfect. Everyone is bound to make mistakes here and there, even newspaper editors, but these 17 headlines are so bad it makes me wonder whether they were paying attention at all.

If they were, their bosses might want to think about hiring someone who knows what they’re doing because these are…bad.

Just saying.

17. Is it, though?

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16. Short and sweet.

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15. Ummmmm that’s not the right layout.

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14. It almost works as internet speak?

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13. Talk about insensitive.

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12. As long as the hunters are decent, anyway.

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11. Those darn babies.

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10. You’ve cracked the case!

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9. I’m going to guess this is a Mississippi newspaper.

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8. I’m sure he does, but is that really newsworthy?

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7. You’re sure it’s not the wind?

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6. Maybe Thor tossed it down?

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5. That page layout needs some work.

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4. I don’t know…spring?

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3. But not by singing?

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2. It was a delicious meal.

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1. That explains quite a bit, actually.

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I can’t cringe hard enough. Yikes!

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15 Times Newspaper Copy Editors Probably Regretted Not Taking a Closer Look

Most of us expect the news to be at least revised and edited. When headlines like these 15 pop up, though, you almost hope the editors were out to coffee when things went to print – because that’s better than thinking they saw these and didn’t think there was a problem!

15. I mean, as do teenagers.

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14. This had to have been a purposeful play on words.

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13. Alert the media.

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12. Including the people who wrote this headline.

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11. You’d have a whole other problem if they did.

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10. Yes. In fact that’s what it’s typically called.

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9. What were they expecting to find?

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8. Someone was really out to lunch.

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7. And therein lies the rub.

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6. As opposed to…?

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5. Maybe change at least one of those.

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4. You won’t believe this, but that’s why we build them!

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3. Did they tell you that themselves?

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2. And they’re bugs that fly!

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1. Now THAT’S a story!

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As a writer, I can’t cringe hard enough! Gah!

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