Or, going back to one of the first web memes, "Bill Gates Ate My Balls"
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 8:14 AM, Michael Dinowitz <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've decided that the next job I take will be as a journalist. From > what I've seen, truth is subjective in the media and what matters is > the sound bite and 'sexy' title. Take this title for instance: > > "Scientists to test ultrasound as a male contraceptive" > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8674380.stm > > Kind of bleh. The average person will look at the title, see what it's > about, and not bother to read the article at all or only past the > first few words. My titles on the other hand guarantee that the > article will be read: > > "Bill Gates paying to ultrasound your balls" > > Maybe a little risque but it sure got your attention, no? Another, > more tame alternative is: > > "Bill Gates sponsors male contraception" > > Actually, I can either go into journalism or politics. A speech writer > makes huge bucks just for sound bites like those. :) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:318312 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
