Is it only me, or does the juxtaposition of these two headlines – from the same page of today’s El País – catch the attention of anyone else out there?
Was it the proximity to the first story that forced the headline writer to use such an ugly adverb as “laboralmente” in the second?
And am I the only person who noticed the flyer which fell out when I turned the page?:
Continue reading “explosive news?”
In these days of economic recession, credit crunch, financial crisis, or whatever term the media are using today, it’s logical that we should look back to the Wall Street crash of ’29 in an attempt to make comparisons and perhaps find solutions.
However, in these days of electronic media, blogs, wikis, archives and resources written by “the unwashed masses”, it’s all too easy to get confused by what’s real and what isn’t. Continue reading “reader, beware”
I was taken aback to read the following headline on the BBC:
Millions mark UN hand-washing day.
In fact, if you click through, you’ll find it is not, as I first suspected, a day of non-handwashing, to save the world’s limited soap and water resources, but a “campaign and pledge to embrace more hygienic practices by the simple act of washing [your] hands.”
So, wherever you are, and whatever you’re doing today, whether working or celebrating, just make sure your hands are (UN)clean!
Después de su fallo con las estadístcas, de nuevo parece que el corrector de textos del periódico Público tiene un mal día:
Continue reading “titular particular de Público”
…and a headline from today’s Público which makes the Spanish sound even more xenophobic than they really are:
Continue reading “lies, damned lies…”
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