High Times, that paragon of investigative reporting, broke a story about sexual hijinks at a prominent marijuana advocacy group. The Reliable Source article played the story straight, but the headline writers broke out in a fit of giggles. This is what the story ran under on page C1:
Trying to nip scandal in the budAnd the C2 headline read:
No high point for marijuana groupSo in a serious story about workplace harassment, the copy desk decides they are Cheech and Chong. Just another example of the Washington Post going to pot.
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Some of the best and loudest laughter in my life has centered around writing headlines. When you write them for a punster like Lou Rukeyser, hilarity most definitely ensues.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on being my first commenter. I hoped that this blog would strike a cord with ink-stained wretches, past and present.
ReplyDeleteI don't mind pun-laden headlines, especially when they're a little sneaky. But then again, I grew up reading the NY Daily News, which was all about that sort of tomfoolery. (-:
ReplyDeleteNewspapers always seem to have been addicted to the easiest, cheesiest puns in headlines...regardless of appropriateness.
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