Tuesday, 3 December 2013

Another confusing BBC headline


Confusing BBC headline of the day: 
Irish police colluded in IRA murders
Does that mean the Irish police colluded in the murder of IRA members, or does it mean that they colluded with the IRA in murdering other people (of an unspecified nature)?

Sky News's headline is far less ambiguous:
IRA And Irish Police 'Colluded Over Murders'
And ITV News is even clearer:
Irish police 'colluded with IRA over RUC murders' 
You would hope that it wasn't beyond the ability of someone at the BBC News website to write an unambiguous headline.