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Matthew Grieco
 Post subject: Wrong
PostPosted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 6:37 pm 
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Panel: Flight 93 Crashed Without Struggle<p>By TED BRIDIS, Associated Press Writer <p>WASHINGTON - Passengers aboard United Airlines Flight 93 fought back against the hijackers but never actually made it into the cockpit, the Sept. 11 commission concluded.<p>***If they fought back, there was a struggle. Case closed.***<p>***ADDENDUM: I should stress that this is one of the worst suggested AP heds I've ever seen. Someone who read it without reading the story would conclude that everything they ever thought they knew about Flight 93 was wrong. And don't tell me "nobody uses AP's suggested heds," because thousands of Internet sites do. They've got to stop slacking on their "overlines," as they like to call them. This is pathetic.***<p>[ July 22, 2004: Message edited by: Matthew Grieco ]</p>
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AshGarf
 Post subject: Re: Wrong
PostPosted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 9:00 pm 
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A suggested hed I read about it ... <p>Panel: Flight 93 hijackers crashed plane before cockpit fight<p>So, apparently it crashed -- then they fought.
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CopyMonkey
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 12:29 am 
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Geez, were they really so tight on space that they couldn't sneak the word "cockpit" into that head and make it actually correct? It still wouldn't be GOOD, but at least it wouldn't be outright wrong.
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Dapper Dan
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 1:36 am 
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I often defend the AP here, but I won't attempt to defend this screw-up.
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