Monday, August 4, 2025

Fixing a headline

Margaret Sullivan, former public editor of The New York Times, writing about why mainstream headlines keep failing, offers one from ABC News and a revision by Norman Orstein. The original:

With a pair of golden scissors and a bagpipe escort, President Trump cut the ribbon for Trump International Links Aberdeen in Scotland on Tuesday.
Ornstein’s revision:
Violating the Constitution and his promise not to be involved in his businesses, President Trump uses taxpayer dollars and the color of an ‘official’ act to hawk his own properties, in this case a golf course in Scotland.

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