Sunday, 11 September 2011

Questions only the Mail would ask

The headline writers at the Mail certainly enjoy posing odd questions.

For example, in March they asked:


And on 29 August:


On Saturday, they came up with this poser:


And today, perhaps the most curious yet:

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9 comments:

  1. Daniel Hulse12 September 2011 at 00:30

    As much as I think those headlines are ridiculous, I just wanted to point out the last one actually has a basis in reality, I read a similar story on New Scientist:

    http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20896-glowing-transgenic-cats-could-boost-aids-research.html

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  2. hannanibal12 September 2011 at 06:47

    Are these for real? They sound like they have been randomly generated using a Mail-Headline-App.

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  3. Anonymous12 September 2011 at 06:57

    I get the impression that the Mail's headline writers were big fans of The Lost Room..

    "Could your bus ticket teleport people to a specific location?"

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  4. Anonymous12 September 2011 at 08:03

    Well, I guess the Guardian didn't poise it as a question, just a statement... http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/sep/11/genetically-modified-glowing-cats

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  5. Anonymous12 September 2011 at 13:44

    Where can we get glow in the dark cats? My HIV risk is pretty low, but if cuddling a glowing kitteh will get it lower then I want once.

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  6. Ike12 September 2011 at 17:58

    I don't want to be a party pooper, but I do feel that (the usally excellent) Tabloid Watch should be a bit more selective about what it chooses to attack. These stories in the Mail are an excellent example of how the press is able popularise science - a hugely important job. And you haven't quoted the whole headline either.

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  7. Anonymous12 September 2011 at 21:39

    @Ike
    "These stories in the Mail are an excellent example of how the press is able popularise science"

    Sorry, but these are pisspoor examples of how the press popularises science. Most Mail science stories are normally badly written, sensationalist and missing key points* as the examples elsewhere in this blog show, especially when dealing with what carcinogenic and what's not.

    *Just like the rest of their outpourings

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  8. Robbert13 September 2011 at 12:32

    Misconstruing science to the point of giving the general public a completely false impression of what science is, is not a hugely important job.

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  9. Neil13 September 2011 at 14:16

    I'm reminded at this point of this : http://www.qwghlm.co.uk/toys/dailymail/

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