Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Finalist for worst headline of the year

Sinking to a new (and sensationalized) low, CNN has come up with a headline that is one of the worst of the year.

The story is about the discovery of steroids at Chris Benoit’s house. In case you haven’t heard (and if you haven’t head you obviously haven’t been watching TV or surfing the Web) Benoit is the professional wrestler who allegedly killed his wife and child over the weekend before killing himself.

Authorities say they found prescription anabolic steroids at the home. The headline CNN chose to describe this sad and difficult situation as “Steroids found at wrestler’s house of death.“

House of death? Instead of being sensitive to a tragic situation, it sounds more like they are promoting a new WWE special. It just goes to show that even the big media outlets can lose focus on the story and fall victim to the hype.