The Rapist
March 23rd, 2008The Rapist
Why I’m Not A Live News Reporter
What do normal people see in this headline, quoted from CNN.com?
“Therapist Slashed To Death; Patient Sought”
I read it once, during my initial scan of the news headlines.
I read it a second time, during my review of the news, where I go back and read more details about the news items which might further interest me.
And, then, I read it a third time while reading the full article.
Here’s how my mind interpreted it each time:
“The Rapist Slashed To Death; Patient Sought”
Obviously, this brought upon quite a different meaning than what the author had in mind.
So, each time I read it, I thought “Cool, The Rapist was slashed to death. Must have been some other guy in prison that killed him. I wonder who “The Rapist” is. Must be some serial rapist or something…”.
When it finally occurred to me that the article was describing the death of a therapist, and not a rapist, I didn’t feel so good about his untimely demise.
I blame this on the Internet… Too many sites like GoDaddy, MySpace, BlogAboutNothing, and the likes bring very different meanings to TheRapist and Therapist.
Well, maybe not in some cases…
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March 23rd, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Reminds me of the Jeopardy sketch like that on SNL.
Sean Connery: “I’ll take The Rapists for $300″
Alex: “That’s *Therapists*, Mr Connery”