A Sad State Of Affairs In Mocking

Political columnists have really got to come up with a little better creativity in creating their headlines. Look at these two outstanding examples:

From the Calgary Sun: Sad state of union

And from the Washington Post: State of Gay Unions

Well those are certainly just jump-out-and-grab-you headlines, now aren't they? To create such wonderfully cliched headline must have taken all of 5 seconds of thought. Why don't writers and editors of these papers put more effort into coming up with something original?

Probably because originality doesn't pay. Cliches work because the average person doesn't want to think beyond that level when reading the paper. And with the outstanding education our children are receiving any more, it is highly unlikely that things are going to be changing in that regard anytime soon.

All-righty then, time for everyone to go searching the archives to find all the cliched titles I've used so that you can call me a hypocrite!