Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Its not just wrong its stupid!

Really Georgia... really??!?!? First you steal our peaches but now our perverts too?
All joking aside, this is a great example of a newspaper headline that I don't think is very effective. First off, it has sexual innuendo... for boner, whilst talking about sex offenders. It’s funny for something like the tabloids but it’s totally offensive, which takes away from the fact, that it is stating a fact. This will turn the reader away with a bad taste in their mouth and a bad image of your paper. I will admit that it has a wow factor that may draw some attention, but I don't think a local newspaper wants that kind of attention. I would have went with something along the lines of 'Sex Offenders Resort to Woods for Residence.' in the News classification of headlines (because it’s informative and factual) or 'There are Sex Offender Bears in Them Woods' (because it’s Georgia and acceptably provocative) if you're still trying to be somewhat crude.

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