Sunday, August 13, 2006

Headline dead line # 43

The accused: Sportstar
The subject: Mahela Jayawardene
The dead line: "The way I planned my innings was sensational!"
The verdict:
When will The Sportstar make life fun for it's Sub-Editors? Sub-Editors don't get a chance to write. They sit on their desks and yawn their way through reams of other people's copy. And then, they get Editors who won't let them have a little fun writing a headline. Nope. Just take a quote from the story and bung it in as the headline. What fun! Imagine, this is the fate of a story about one of the greatest innings ever played in cricket. Sigh.