Currents — September / October 2012

The Lower Case

Headlines that editors probably wish they could take back

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I've not been able to verify this because I'm not close enough to a library that carries old editions of the Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC, USA)

I was a regular reader of the Observer until moving too far from Charlotte to be in their circulation territory.

However, I distinctly recall in the mid 80s, when the Voyager 2 space craft passed the planet Uranus, the Observer headline was "Voyager Probes Uranus".

Another was "Voyager Discovers Rings around Uranus". (or "Finds")

It's true. Enjoy.

#1 Posted by unkjwea, CJR on Tue 9 Oct 2012 at 01:06 PM

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