Friday, July 10, 2009

One thing that bugs me about cleveland.com lately is headlines that contain criminal's names, crime victims' names and yesterday, of all things, those who commit suicide. Even the lady who bashed in the fawn got a headline with her name in it. I finally wrote the reader representative an e-mail about this.

What bugs me is the name in the headline is used as if it's a famous person. Then you click on the page and find out it's a civilian. Then you hope to God the family has been notified. Scuttlebutt from the PD is that that putting the name in the headline gets more search engine traffic. That doesn't seem a proper way to do business though. I've noticed the change online for about 2 months, but I don't see that policy adopted by the print version. Yet.

Meal of Links

This opinion about Palin is the best summary of why she is so bad. Could not agree more.

If you know nothing about Townes Van Zandt, watch this movie, "Be Here To Love Me". It's only up for a week, but worth the time. It's amazing how these legends talk about Townes.

Wha, wha, wha? Morgan Freeman to marry his step-granddaughter.

All about "Lost Highway". Whatever you do, do not tailgate Mr. Eddy.

This week's mugshot roundup. #14 makes me laugh.

Exercise Yard

This week's SI is one of their best issues of the year. It's the annual "Where Are They Now?" issue. Great look at the AFL.

Visitor

7 Down: Fawcett's "Charlie's Angels" successor (4 letters) Answer: Ladd

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