Stupid headline alert... The Israeli "Barrrier" is "divisive"

[mumon]

Note: the point of this thread is not Israelis vs. Palestinians.

It's about the stupdity of the media.

I don't know why I didn't see this til now, but

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/23/international/europe/23CND-COUR.html

has the title

" In Hague, Israeli Barrier Proves Divisive Issue "

Duh. It's a friggin' barrier! Do they expect to see "Everyone united by barrier?"

Do a search on "google" using "barrier" and "divisive."

Is this some kind of newsy cutesy stupidity, or are they just taking us for fools?

Any other recent examples of stupid headlines?

[JohnLocke]

1. Was it intentional?

[mumon]

2. Look at how many times it's used in Google!

I mean, what are they thinking... "Hmm... a barrier...what's a barrier? Oh! I know! It's divisive!"

I guess the days of literate journalists who can't but state the obvious are gone.

Too many of those "it's that time of year again stories" maybe...

[boobooday]

3. They take us for fools

Here's another one from Yahoo:

Bush Launches More Aggressive Campaign

Not quite as nonsensical, but my husband says, "how could he possibly be more aggressive?"

http://www.wgoeshome.com

[mumon]

4. Some more favorites...

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&edition=us&q=probe+expands

I'm always amused at how many times probes expand.

And of course,

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&edition=us&q=homosexuality+down+our+throats&btnG=Search+News

why do they always go for having homosexuality and "down our throats" in the same story?

[TexasMexican]

5. ROFL

That is pretty damn silly.