Headline Writing FAIL

In case the Daily News changes it, I wanted to save this headline for posterity. It reads in full: “Skater Nancy Kerrigan’s brother, Mark Kerrigan, tells police he fatally attacked father over phone.”

If that prompts a number of strange reflections about the startling advance of phone technology, the lead clarifies:

The loser brother of Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan told cops he attacked their dad because he wouldn’t let him use the phone, a shocking police report revealed Monday.

Oh.

     posted 25 January 2010 by Michael Scott Moore

  1. If it was a toll call, sounds like a good alibi.

    In fact, didn’t the dad die of a massive coronary? I bet I know people that would die just as quickly over the phone.

    And crap…Mr. Monk is retired.

    — E    Jan 26, 10:07 am    #

  2. There’s an app for that: iKillDad.

    — Ed Ward    Jan 26, 02:01 pm    #

  3. Outselling iOedipus, but just barely.

    — Mike    Jan 26, 08:25 pm    #