AP headline misleads on terror threat level
by dcr22
Sat Oct 30, 2004 at 02:52:21 PM PDT
FAO KATHERINE PFLEGER SHRADER: U.S. Warns on Terror; Alert Stays Orange
Dear Ms Shrader:
Are you aware that your article just posted on Yahoo News has a misleading title? The title suggests that the country is at Orange Alert level, but in the article itself, you state that:
"Most of the United States has been at code yellow, the midpoint of a five-point color-coded warning scale, for much of the year." And the DHS website says it's yellow.
U.S. Warns on Terror; Alert Stays Orange
As your story is one of the current most popular at Yahoo, I suggest you may wish to edit this title to avoid confusion before a close election, in which raising the threat level has been shown to increase support for one party over another.
Best wishes
Argh, some subeditor saw an opportunity here methinks. If s/he was just not reading the article properly, then worse - this sort of thing shouldn't be messed with.
Update [2004-10-30 19:5:56 by dcr22]:Success! The headline on the feed was just changed to "U.S. Warns on Terror; Alert Unchanged"
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