The Times' Weird Headline Regression

Sunday’s terror attack in Jerusalem was reported by The Sunday Times (of London) with the following headline:

An accurate enough headline. Only a few hours later, Gregg Carlstrom’s story with a few pieces of updated information was posted on The Times’ website under its Monday edition.

So how did the updated headline end up like this?

Could the headline have regressed any further? Who is the man in the headline? Who has been shot dead? And since when was a terror attack a “tram attack?”

Usually a headline improves as more information becomes available and updates are published. In this case it’s the reverse.

We’ve contacted The Times to ask for a change in the current headline. Watch this space.

Simon Plosker

With over two decades of experience in various non-governmental organizations in the UK and Israel, Simon Plosker returned to HonestReporting in October 2022 as Editorial Director having previously been part of the organization’s management team from 2005 to 2020.

Prior to his first spell at HonestReporting, Simon worked in Israel for NGO Monitor, BICOM, and served for a short period in the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit. He was Managing Editor of the Geneva-based NGO United Nations Watch for two years before moving back to the frontline defending Israel from media bias.

Simon has a BSoc.Sc in International Studies and Political Science from the University of Birmingham and an MSc in History of International Relations from the London School of Economics. He immigrated to Israel in 2001 from London.

The Times’ Weird Headline Regression

Simon Plosker

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