On 9/10/05 11:14 AM, "Darillyn Starr" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I just had a thought that, since the article itself did not use the word
> "poison" in reference to breastmilk, that possibly the author did not
> entitle her article as that, but an editor came up with it.  IME, editors
> can do things that change the whole message that the author was trying to
> get across, often with just one word.  Sometimes, an editor has a personal
> prejudice, and sometimes they just think they understand what an author is
> saying better than they really do.  You never know!


You're right, Darillyn. Newspaper or magazine headlines normally written by
someone else - not the article's author. When headlines are inaccurate or
misleading, most of the time the it's because headline writer has simply
made a mistake. They are trying up with a clever or snappy headline to draw
the reader in to the story. They work under tight deadlines and it's the
last thing that happens to the story before the page is finalized for the
printer. There should be a final edit after the headline is created but
headline errors aren't always caught.

This shouldn't change one's plans to contact a newspaper to criticize a
misleading or inaccurate headline. It just helps, I think, to know that the
original author didn't write the headline.

-- Jodine Chase

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