GREAT SATAN SITS DOWN WITH THE AXIS OF EVIL – The Times (UK) on US-Iran talks (2007).The story was later proven false, but is seen as one of the classic tabloid newspaper headlines. FREDDIE STARR ATE MY HAMSTER – The UK Sun (1986), claiming that the comedian had eaten a fan's pet hamster in a sandwich.GOTCHA – The UK Sun on the torpedoing of the Argentine ship Belgrano and sinking of a gunboat during the Falklands War (1982).SICK TRANSIT'S GLORIOUS MONDAY – New York Daily News front-page caption on a photo (1979) reporting an agreement to avoid fare increases and provide federal funding.HEADLESS BODY IN TOPLESS BAR – New York Post on a local murder (1983).Lays an Egg' and ahead of 'Ford to City: Drop Dead'. of the Baltimore Sun declared 'Mush from the Wimp' the second most famous newspaper headline of the 20th century, behind 'Wall St. MUSH FROM THE WIMP – The Boston Globe in-house joke headline for an editorial, which was not changed before 161,000 copies had been printed.FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD – New York Daily News reporting the denial of a federal bailout for bankrupt New York City (1975).DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN – Chicago Tribune reporting the wrong election winner (1948).STICKS NIX HICK PIX – Variety writing that rural moviegoers preferred urban films (1935).LAYS AN EGG – Variety on Black Monday (1929) Some famous headlines in periodicals include: In the United States, headline contests are sponsored by the American Copy Editors Society, the National Federation of Press Women, and many state press associations some contests consider created content already published, others are for works written with winning in mind. The New York Times 's 21 July 1969 front page stated, for example, that ' MEN WALK ON MOON', with the four words in gigantic size spread from the left to right edges of the page. The most important story on the front page above the fold may have a larger headline if the story is unusually important. It is generally written by a copy editor, but may also be written by the writer, the page layout designer, or other editors. The New York Times uses an unusually large headline to announce the Armistice with Germany at the end of World War I.Ī headline's purpose is to quickly and briefly draw attention to the story.

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