{"id":3947,"date":"2010-03-29T00:13:01","date_gmt":"2010-03-28T18:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=3656"},"modified":"2010-03-29T00:13:01","modified_gmt":"2010-03-28T18:43:01","slug":"headline-material","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/headline-material\/","title":{"rendered":"Headline Material"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m baffled by this <i>Mid Day<\/i> headline:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mid-day.com\/news\/2010\/mar\/280310-gay-teen-killed-oshiwara-mumbai.htm\" title=\"Oshiwara gay teen killed\">Oshiwara gay teen killed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The headline makes it seem that the victim was killed for being gay. But on reading the piece, you&#8217;ll find that his sexual orientation had nothing to do with his death. He saw someone getting mugged, tried to help him, and got fatally wounded in the process. That&#8217;s all.<\/p>\n<p>So why mention his being gay in the headline?<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>Imagine the following headline: &#8216;Left-handed teen stabbed in Lokhandwala.&#8217; WTF, no?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m baffled by this <i>Mid Day<\/i> headline:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mid-day.com\/news\/2010\/mar\/280310-gay-teen-killed-oshiwara-mumbai.htm\" title=\"Oshiwara gay teen killed\">Oshiwara gay teen killed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The headline makes it seem that the victim was killed for being gay. But on reading the piece, you&#8217;ll find that his sexual orientation had nothing to do with his death. He saw someone getting mugged, tried to help him, and got fatally wounded in the process. 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