January 6, 2021

Snappy headline undercut by paragraph squirreled away in the lower reaches of the article.

NPR headline: "Conifer Cuisine: Don't Toss Your Christmas Tree Yet! Here's How You Can Cook With It."

Squirreled-away paragraph: "Some Christmas trees are poisonous if eaten — like cypress, cedars and yews. And be sure your tree wasn't sprayed with pesticides and other chemicals. 'So if you have any doubt that you're that your Christmas tree might not have been grown to eat, then maybe don't eat it'..."

10 comments:

Expat(ish) said...

Euell Gibbons unavailable for comment.

-XC

Goldenpause said...

Undercut? More like refuted.

Marcus Bressler said...

It's sorta like those "guess the political party" games you play when a Dem is caught with his hand in the cookie jar or a little boy's pants.

THEOLDMAN

Not Sure said...

A lot like npr's political reporting, only without the truth nugget at the end.

MayBee said...

Hahahahhaha! Great catch, Althouse.

(do I need to make any comments about this article in the NYT vs the accusations about Trump making the lady poison her husband wit fish tank cleaner?)

Iman said...

I’ve got a few suggestions on what NPR can do with their Christmas tree.

Assistant Village Idiot said...

That used to be the Euell Gibbons shtick: "Ever eat a pine tree? Many parts are edible." Steve Allen did a great send up of this, ripping the seat off a bicycle and stuffing it in his mouth.

PM said...

That's the kindergarten version of Med ad disclosures.

Leland said...

The same news organization claimed Trump told people to inject bleach and that a common (OTC drug in most of the world) is worse than covid.

ken in tx said...

I'm pretty sure it was Johnny Carson who did the Euell Gibbons sent up with a bicycle.