Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/12/suspect_seized/
ITV challenges Beeb for cheap innuendo crown
'Butt seized by terror police'
Posted in Entertainment, 12th May 2008 09:39 GMT
It appears ITV is not prepared to take the BBC's challenge (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/09/bbc_headline/) for the schoolboy innuendo headline crown lying down, and on Saturday offered up its pitch (http://www.itv.com/News/Articles/Butt-seized-by-terror-police-585927113.html) for the title:
(http://www.itv.com/News/Articles/Butt-seized-by-terror-police-585927113.html)
Not bad, but aficionados of the genre will, of course, see that ITV has missed a trick here in not rendering this as "Terror police grab Butt". We direct its leader writers to this classic (http://hardware.silicon.com/storage/0,39024649,11017269,00.htm) for pointers in how to raise their game. ®