Today's Misleading Newspaper Heading

[ffutures]

I've just sent this to the Evening Standard, with a copy to Private Eye:

Tonight's Evening Standard headline on page 26 - "Train teachers to spot signs of witchcraft" is, to say the least, misleading, and potentially very dangerous; the story describes abuse of children suspected of being witches, not abuse by them! I hope that you will issue a correction.

The response, if any, ought to be interesting...

Comments

[averageshmoe.livejournal.com]

Having worked in a public school, however briefly, I can only wonder how
one would distinguish between signs of witchcraft and those of demonic
possession, since I came away from that experience fully convinced that most
children are in desperate need of an exorcism.

pfgavigan