THE PLANK DECEMBER 2, 2009
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Does this NYT headline/piece strike anyone else as ridiculous?
"On Broadway, Shows With Biggest Names Get Fullest Houses"
The article is about how star-studded, hit shows like "Wicked" and "The Lion King" are in high demand this holiday season, while lesser-known, lower-wattage entities are faring worse.
Wow. Who would have ever imagined that hit shows would be more popular than non hit shows?
This is precisely the sort of insight for which I turn to the paper of record.
3 comments
Up next at the Times as a headline: Unemployed Unhappier Then Employed.
- liberal reformer
December 2, 2009 at 10:46am
libref's joke headline is doubly apt because such a story, like too many intuitively obvious "news" reports, would actually be wrong. A number of studies have shown that prolonged fear of job loss is more stressful and unhappy-making than actual unemployment.
- rhubarbs
December 2, 2009 at 10:57am
Y'know, you could write that same headline about porn, if you replaced the words "Names" and "Houses."
- adaglas
December 2, 2009 at 11:53am