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PSA: journalists aren’t supposed to put names in the headlines if the person isn’t a public figure. It’s not a matter of maliciously not giving credit
^^^as a journalist, this is something that bothers me ALL THE TIME
A friend of mine on Twitter explained this the other day, so to elaborate based on what she said: If the name is not instantly recognizable the way a public figure is, then putting the name in the headline isn’t going to bring about any sort of recognition or connection in the reader, and doesn’t do much to draw the reader into the story. But something like “local teen” does create a connection by tying the person into the community, and encourages the reader to learn more about what this local teen has done. The name will be in the article itself, after the headline has done its job at getting the reader to look into it.
It’s worth noting too that usually, according to the Inverted Pyramid writing style used for journalism where the most important information is shared first, the person’s name is usually in the first sentence of the first paragraph.
Whenever I see someone get up at arms over a headline that says “Local Teen” and the first comment is “SAY THEIR NAME” I’m always like “hey, thanks for telling every journalist present that you don’t read articles and just skim headlines.” Really makes us feel appreciated.
I think this Onion headline illustrates the point pretty well
On the subject of orwell and his rancid anticommunism, his flagship title “animal farm” is not simply a “satire of the USSR”; it is a full and total repudiation of the idea of proletarian rule at all. The entire book depicts the workers as dumb and incapable and easily manipulated by leaders. This is a fully aristocratic view of the proletariat and entirely anti-proletarian. This should be no surprise to people who are familiar with orwell’s opinions and past, including the fact that he has “never been able to dislike Hitler” (actual quote, March 21, 1940) and that he was a colonialist cop.
i’ve always thought about this whenever anarchists talk about animal farm or 1984 positively. in animal farm the proletariat arep ortrayed as literal sheep who blindly repeat whatever the ruling class tells them. in 1984 the proletariat (or ‘proles’) are portrayed as easily led fools incapable of excercising political agency, as well as being incurious, dirty, and lucky (!) to not face the brutal oppression faced by that most put-upon of classes, the educated middle class (!). just two novels that reveal a deep revulsion and disdain for ordinary workers
Something that gave H.P. Lovecraft nightmares is the work of my favorite artist. In “At the Mountains of Madness” he specifically mentions “the strange and disturbing Asian paintings of Nicholas Roerich.”
Personal site of Nick Douglas, TV character Twitterer, co-creator of Jaywalk Cop, and 1/3 of the podcast Let's Get Into It.
