Odd headline
From a headline like Federal judge finds 2 bodies in her home, you'd think the judge came home to find two random bodies:
A federal judge who was once targeted for death by a white supremacist leader found two people dead inside her Chicago home when she returned Monday evening, police said.Sadly, not the case:
Local media reports said the victims were Lefkow's husband, attorney Michael F. Lefkow, and her mother, Donna Humphrey, 89.Horrible. Just horrible. And I have no freaking idea what possessed the reporter to write with such misleading sterility -- burying the fact that the "bodies" were in fact Judge Lefkow's husband and mother in the third paragraph. That's what you call a salient fact. The "lede" if you will.
Am I nitpicking? I don't think so; the headline completely minimizes the story. It's bad writing. And stuff like this ought to be dealt with seriously.
Okay, CNN, I'm going to do your job for you and write a better headline:
Husband and mother of federal judge found dead
Federal judge's family found dead at home
Posted by Matt at March 1, 2005 9:41 AM
