Today’s Observer is ridonkulous. Ri-freaking-donkulous.
For starters, in this newsclip about a teen pleading guilty to the beating of UNCC professor Narayan Dhakal, the reader is informed that the professor “was found beaten at the intersection of 8th and North Trying streets.” You know, I kind of like this rename. As in Trying to be like NYC, Trying to be world class, Trying too hard.
Then if you happened to click on this article about a horrific rape in Hickory where the attacker carved in the victim’s skin with a boxcutter, you were also treated to open comments, including this gem: “Maybe this guy is really good at golf. If so, he could go to Mississippi for a few weeks for his ‘box cutter disorder’.” Lovely.
But maybe worst of all, were this weekend’s Party Pix. Before the Observer got called out via twitter, the image on the top of today’s homepage was this:
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After clicking through the pix, it’s clear there were better choices for the frontpage. Like for instance this:
Actual picture on charlotteobserver.com
Or this…
I know, right?
I think we’re all wondering the same thing… when did the Observer become Creative Loafing?
(h/t @rthurmond)
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These are great. The CO is competing with late night 900-number chat lines. “Call me”.
You forgot to mention the disaster that was the headline about the Oscars. Not even a proper sentence, and the story was clearly written before the event was over, since it glossed over who won Best Picture, Best Actor/Actress, and Best Director, focusing instead upon the Best Supporting Actor win. Total AP fail.