The Power of the Headline (to mislead and misinform)

[acroyear]

"Liberal Media" indeed.

The headline from Reuters:

Judge bans teaching intelligent design

The headline from AP:

Judge Rules Against Pa. Biology Curriculum

now tell me, which of the two is the accurate summary of the judgement?

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Update:
in the car driving around way too crowded lunch spots, i came to the same realization as the first two comments did: both headlines suck.

"ban" is not the appropriate term, and neither was "PA biology curriculum"

Comments

[javasaurus.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure which headline you find objectionable. Neither is really accurate. The judge didn't ban the teaching of intelligent design. In fact, "Jones wrote that he wasn't saying the intelligent design concept shouldn't be studied and discussed, saying its advocates 'have bona fide and deeply held beliefs which drive their scholarly endeavors.'"

However, he did say that ID doesn't belong in a public school science classroom. I suspect if it was offered in a secular class on religious theory, or in a more general social studies class, it would not be banned.

So his ruling was really against the Dover biology curriculum (not the Pennsylvania biology curriculum, so the second headline is misleading by being too general).

[rsteachout.livejournal.com]

Agreed.

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

in the car driving around way too crowded lunch spots, i came to the same realization: both headlines suck.

"ban" is not the appropriate term, and neither was "PA biology curriculum".

[acroyear70.livejournal.com]

re-read my entry. i rewrote it.