{"id":9806,"date":"2021-05-22T14:22:48","date_gmt":"2021-05-22T14:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xislblogs.xtreamlab.net\/slwoods\/?p=9806"},"modified":"2021-05-22T14:22:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-22T14:22:48","slug":"another-confusing-headline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/?p=9806","title":{"rendered":"Another confusing headline"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Today the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/\">WalesOnline website<\/a> features a textbook example of an <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/dictionary\/english\/ambiguous\">ambiguous<\/a> headline, i.e one that has or expresses more than one possible meaning.<\/p>\r\n<p>Ambiguity in a headline &#8211; or anywhere else in a piece of factual reporting &#8211; is not an example of good writing style.<\/p>\r\n<p>A headline should be clear, convey sufficient information to interest or pique the curiosity the (potential) reader and not be capable of being misinterpreted.<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9822\" src=\"http:\/\/xislblogs.xtreamlab.net\/slwoods\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2021\/05\/wales_online_ambiguity.png\" alt=\"Headline reads The amazing 200-year-old shell grotto hidden in a corner of Wales you can only visit with a secret key\" width=\"435\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2021\/05\/wales_online_ambiguity.png 435w, https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2021\/05\/wales_online_ambiguity-264x300.png 264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>WalesOnline is part of the Reach plc* stable of regional press titles.<\/p>\r\n<p>Reach titles have past form with ambiguous headlines (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/?p=7184\"><em>posts passim<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\r\n<p>One would almost think it&#8217;s written into the group&#8217;s style guide (<em>if it has one. Ed.<\/em>).<\/p>\r\n<p>* The Reach stable also includes the national titles, the Daily Mirror and Daily Brexit (<em>which some still call the Express. Ed.<\/em>)<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today the WalesOnline website features a textbook example of an ambiguous headline, i.e one that has or expresses more than one possible meaning. Ambiguity in a headline &#8211; or anywhere else in a piece of factual reporting &#8211; is not an example of good writing style. A headline should be clear, convey sufficient information to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,32],"tags":[16,22,33],"class_list":["post-9806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-translation-and-language-related-matters","category-media","tag-english-usage","tag-language","tag-media-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9806"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9824,"href":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9806\/revisions\/9824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}