by David Safier The Star's headline self parody continues. The three most important rules used by the Star's Creative Headline Writing Team are: Make Obama look bad. Make health care legislation look bad. Write nothing that may help Democrats' election chances. Here's the latest. An AP article focuses on whether a $250 check sent to … Read more
by David Safier My doctor, who will remain nameless, is hooking up with a national company, MDVIP. If I want to keep my doctor, I have to pay $1500 a year extra for the privilege, above and beyond my current medical insurance cost, copays, etc. The doctor promises to have fewer patients, which means easier … Read more
Posted by Craig McDermott Lost in the excitement over the races for various offices on this fall's ballot have been the large number of important questions being placed before the voters in November. The Arizona Legislature's Legislative Council (basically a group of lawyers who take legislative bill proposals and write them into "legalese) will be … Read more
by David Safier It's a pretty good headline: Obama: Health-care law already helping No real complaints about the Star headline for the AP story about the first positive effects of health care reform on families and businesses. But I was curious to see how other papers headlined the story. I found, other papers used the … Read more
by David Safier While tracking misleading headlines written by the Star's Creative Headline Writers, I've found more bad headlines about health care reform than any other topic. The publisher and editors of the Star must really hate that bill. The latest is in today's paper. Before I reveal the Star-created headline for the AP's fact … Read more