On Tue, Aug 19, 2003 at 02:59:41PM -0400, William D Brink wrote: > >> > >>And Lott's own subtitle (which you snipped from your reply): > >> "D.C. gun laws have increased crime" > >>surely makes it clear what he meant. > > > >This thread has dragged on for so long that I've forgotten its > >genesis. Is this not about an article that appeared in a newspaper. If > >that is true, Lott probably had nothing to do with either the title or > >subtitle--some headline writer did. My experience is that authors have > >little or no control of the headlines that appear over their articles. > > As a writer for a dozen or so publications I can attest that is true. In > fact, I have been unpleased with titles given to my articles and Op eds > regardless of the topic.
With similar experience, I can attest to the same. Unfortunately for the thesis that the editor did it, the culprit subtitle is not on the Washington Times copy of the article (http://washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20030810-103927-3346r.htm), but it is on the copy on Lott's web page (http://www.johnrlott.com/op-eds/thebanonpublicsafety.html). -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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