'When a dog bites a man, that is not news,' goes the old journalism saying. 'If a man bites a dog, that's news.'
Indeed it is - and if a man bites a Staffordshire bull terrier's bottom, sides, legs and ears more than 30 times because his girlfriend refused to sleep with him, that's definitely news.
Top marks to Alice Hutton for spotting the above piece in the Sun on Saturday. The headline seems like a missed opportunity.

2 comments:
Jesus.
I'm not sure we should be cheering "at last, man bites dog" like it's payback for all times dogs have bitten men. This is more a story about a man who doesn't know how to treat women or animals - not a chance for a clever headline. But you're right, it's definitely news!
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