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To: mph who wrote (21115)	6/15/2006 3:16:25 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541294

some headlines can be misleading, such as where the text does not support the characterizations contained in a headline. I am particularly bothered when the headline picks out some little peripheral bit from the story, something damning, usually, and thereby tries to pass it off as the gist of the story.

To: mph who wrote (21115)	6/15/2006 6:13:56 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 541294

I just saw a headline recently that was downright misleading. What it suggested in the caption was actually contradicted in the text. I'll try to find it- I wish I could remember where I saw it. I do think it would be good for everyone if the papers said "Some scientists" rather than scientists- because while you might think it's implicit that scientists can mean anything from a minority of scientists touting a strange unaccepted theory to the majority of scientists stating something accepted, I think many people (those same folks who comprised the 70% of the population who initially believed that Iraq and 9/11 were related, for example) don't get that. For those people I think the headlines probably need to be a lot more specific.