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We love sharing headline flubs with our readers. This year, we saw many unfortunate editorial screw ups. Below are some of the best we published in 2017.
The Golden Globes need a feminist host this year, and Seth Meyers is the right man for the job https://t.co/DR71adAlMj pic.twitter.com/wYcVJMAKQj
— Forbes Entertainment (@ForbesEnt) November 27, 2017
Today we salute this Cambridge Newspaper…for printing their paper – without a headline…. [insert headline here] oops!! pic.twitter.com/Y5qCl04rdJ
— Jonathan Holling (@jonhollingfm) December 7, 2017
Breaking news: pic.twitter.com/Kno7QJtAVl
— Crap Local News (@CrapLocalNews) November 17, 2017
"Should I use a hyphen?"
"Nah. You're good."
"Cool. Cool." pic.twitter.com/RA7vpIvQP8— John P. Lopez (@LopezOnSports) October 29, 2017
Via Zeppfeed.com
https://twitter.com/Dometi_/status/907243487766163456/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cjr.org%2Fthe_lower_case%2Fbad-headlines-9-21-17.php
https://twitter.com/paraelwhatsapp/status/904482978151239680/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cjr.org%2Fthe_lower_case%2Fbad-headlines-9-21-17.php
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; August 26, 2017, via Reddit.
https://twitter.com/CrapLocalNews/status/929047290408570880/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cjr.org%2Fthe_lower_case%2Fbad-headlines-11-17-17.php
https://twitter.com/brfreed/status/929392947161980929/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cjr.org%2Fthe_lower_case%2Fbad-headlines-11-17-17.php
Via Twitter, @DDeadmonnd
Please visit pic.twitter.com/In2akpvbNP
— Fab (@fabfree_) April 19, 2017
https://twitter.com/TheDougTrouten/status/635156752661618688/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cjr.org%2Fthe_lower_case%2Fbad_headlines_4_28.php
https://twitter.com/Tengrain/status/814289890594668545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cjr.org%2Fthe_lower_case%2Flower_case_2_24_17.php
Favorite headline of week. He pitches righty, lefty — and evidently, also underwater. Faces Aquaman in next outing. pic.twitter.com/efxaQxFp8Z
— Neill Woelk (@NeillWoelk) June 8, 2015
OK, I've got good news and bad news, this somewhat unfortunate headline seems to say: pic.twitter.com/HyPaPTNsX2
— Steve Lundeberg (@AnyGivenLundy) March 30, 2017
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