Competing Headlines

Friday, December 18, 2009

I found this interesting. Here are two headlines and subheads from two different news sources and apparently they are about the same story. Who would have guessed?

1. 'Obama: We are running short on time for a climate deal'

Subhead: Obama works overtime on climate deal

-CNN

2. 'Barack Obama's speech disappoints and fuels frustration at Copenhagen'

Subhead: US President offers no further commitment on reducing emissions or no finance to poorer countries

-Guardian, UK

I'm usually a defender of media bias, or lack thereof or whatever you want to call it, but these headlines made me laugh. They're actually opposite of each other. If you're interested, click here for the first article and here for the second.