This isn’t really pit-worthy, and I readily acknowledge that I (at age 49) am a hopeless old fuddy-duddy when it comes to correct grammar and usage. I readily acknowledge that in modern newsrooms (at least in the ones of dinky little daily papers like ours), there is no such critter as a proofreader. There may be some folks holding the title of copy editor, but I have no idea what they are doing with their time.
Glaringly awful headlines have been appearing with greater and greater frequency. “City council members poo-poo budget concerns.” Really?!? Shit!
I have long complained about their use of “bust” as a verb in any context that did not refer to a drug arrest. Someone besides me must have complained about this, because the 72-point headline after Ohio State lost to Illinois was “Buckeye bubble bursted.”
Just this morning was this gem, headlining an article about deer in the city limits: “Residents complain of oversaturated deer.” Maybe we can build them a little shelter outside of town where they can get out of the rain, and we’ll solve two problems at once.