http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-burk27-2009jul27,0,3198482.story
No, this isn’t an article from the fake newspaper The Onion. This is an article from the fake newspaper The LA Times. And notice it took two writers to do this one.
Really? She’d been looking forward to her life? A 17 year old girl was excited about the prospects of not dying? Thank God the LA Times has reporters and editors that can really get to the heart of a story, and treat it with the sensitivity and grace it deserves. Surely there was no better headline… I understand this one was chosen over other headlines such as:
“murder victim unavailable for questioning”
“parents of dead teen would rather have her alive”
“dead senior proven right: all that homework was a waste of time”
“slain teen known to enjoy breathing, waking up”
Someone take the LA Times off life-support already.
-brendan
PS this was good fodder as a headline, but the story of this poor girl’s death really is sad and unnerving especially as an LA resident.
