In Sunday's paper, a front-page article described certain legislation being proposed in the U.S. Senate. Here is a link to the article.
http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20070812/NEWS/70812017
Note that part of the headline states, "Proposed legislation would privatize TVA."
BUT--further down in the article, this information is provided: "A provision of the bill calls for a study into the privatization of TVA."
The last-quoted item is correct. The bill proposes to STUDY the concept of privatization of TVA. But, obviously, that is NOT what the ineptly-rendered headline states. It is commonplace for legislation in the U.S. Congress to provide for the "study" of some issue. That is sometimes done when there is the sense on the part of those sponsoring the legislation that without the benefit of study and analysis to support a particular measure, there is little chance of gaining support for it. Thus, the bill includes a "study" provision. That, however is a far, far cry from what is stated in the headline. Privatization is NOT brought into effect by being STUDIED.
It would seem that the editorial staff and headline writer(s) of the Times Daily would be able to avoid such chronic mistakes as are typifed by this unfortunate blunder, and most especially in the case of a lead story on the front page! It remains to be seen whether they will print a teeny tiny correction on page 2, but they certainly should, at the least, do that. I have subscribed to the TD for over 25 years without interruption and I have seen very little improvement over the years in the quality of the paper as it relates to matters such as this. Just recently, articles appeared that confused "principal" with "principle" and used "tenants" instead of "tenets." These kinds of witless blunders persist even after (presumably) some alleged editor has reviewed and approved the text. Is there any hope for anything better in the future?
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