What the hell?
This is what we pay for?
Are you serious?
I don't even know what you're trying to say.
It doesn't make sense.
This fee doesn't make sense.
You don't make sense.
BBC News Online, you're making no sense.
I'd like to bring to your attention a few recent articles.
If you'd care to visit here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6503519.stm you will notice the title immediately. Why will you notice the title? Well despite the fact that it's bigger than the rest of the text, IT MAKES NO SENSE. "Murder Accused 'Sadistic' Claim". Titles are meant to be short, informative statements that give you a clue about what the article is about. From reading the title on the BBC News feed on personalised Google homepage, I had no idea that this article was about the Welsh murder in which some guy's lover killed his wife, and that he is apparently accused of being "sadistic". So at least two words make sense in there. "Murder" does not fit, and "claim" does not fit. Now, if you look to the right of the article you will see the helpful "See Also" column. Did the person who wrote this article also write the article titled "Husband 'wanted wife dead' claim". Not to rain on this person's journalistic parade, but you do not, I repeat do not, have to add "claim" on the end of every article you write. It makes no sense in either of them.
To prove this is not a one off, here is one on the front page at the time of writing: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6506717.stm
The title says "NHS staff 'would not be patients'". To me that implies that NHS will not longer be patients if they enter hospital with an injury, but perhaps will be something else, maybe VIPs, I'm not sure what whacky stuff could be happening so I open the link. The first paragraph clears it up "Nearly two thirds of health staff would not be happy to be a patient in their own NHS trust, a survey shows." Now, that doesn't really relate to the title. How about, "NHS staff would not seek NHS care", or "NHS Staff choose private medical facilities". Maybe expand your columns a few pixels if titles have to be compressed to so many characters. At least it would make more sense.
Again, "Banking hitch delays workers' pay" from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6508791.stm
To me, this brings a visual image of a Natwest, Barclays, Lloyds TSB and others, on the side of the road with their thumbs out, hoping to hitch to Madrid or something. Surely you mean "glitch", as in a "technical glitch", not a "hitch". Surely the person writing the article should know enough to not mix up the two similarly-sounding words? No? Didn't think so.
Please BBC News, do something, anything about this. Hire a "title checker" or something, someone with some common sense who can see that some article titles make no sense. Utilise the budget that we provide.
With Regards.
This is what we pay for?
Are you serious?
I don't even know what you're trying to say.
It doesn't make sense.
This fee doesn't make sense.
You don't make sense.
BBC News Online, you're making no sense.
I'd like to bring to your attention a few recent articles.
If you'd care to visit here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6503519.stm you will notice the title immediately. Why will you notice the title? Well despite the fact that it's bigger than the rest of the text, IT MAKES NO SENSE. "Murder Accused 'Sadistic' Claim". Titles are meant to be short, informative statements that give you a clue about what the article is about. From reading the title on the BBC News feed on personalised Google homepage, I had no idea that this article was about the Welsh murder in which some guy's lover killed his wife, and that he is apparently accused of being "sadistic". So at least two words make sense in there. "Murder" does not fit, and "claim" does not fit. Now, if you look to the right of the article you will see the helpful "See Also" column. Did the person who wrote this article also write the article titled "Husband 'wanted wife dead' claim". Not to rain on this person's journalistic parade, but you do not, I repeat do not, have to add "claim" on the end of every article you write. It makes no sense in either of them.
To prove this is not a one off, here is one on the front page at the time of writing: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6506717.stm
The title says "NHS staff 'would not be patients'". To me that implies that NHS will not longer be patients if they enter hospital with an injury, but perhaps will be something else, maybe VIPs, I'm not sure what whacky stuff could be happening so I open the link. The first paragraph clears it up "Nearly two thirds of health staff would not be happy to be a patient in their own NHS trust, a survey shows." Now, that doesn't really relate to the title. How about, "NHS staff would not seek NHS care", or "NHS Staff choose private medical facilities". Maybe expand your columns a few pixels if titles have to be compressed to so many characters. At least it would make more sense.
Again, "Banking hitch delays workers' pay" from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6508791.stm
To me, this brings a visual image of a Natwest, Barclays, Lloyds TSB and others, on the side of the road with their thumbs out, hoping to hitch to Madrid or something. Surely you mean "glitch", as in a "technical glitch", not a "hitch". Surely the person writing the article should know enough to not mix up the two similarly-sounding words? No? Didn't think so.
Please BBC News, do something, anything about this. Hire a "title checker" or something, someone with some common sense who can see that some article titles make no sense. Utilise the budget that we provide.
With Regards.
Ladies and Gentlemen, if Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit!