Friday, March 21, 2008
Rays: The new shark?
Ray leaps from water, kills woman on boat
If you're like me, you read that headline and asked yourself "Who is Ray, and why did he kill a woman?" If you read the article, you find out that Ray is not a person; rather, the headline refers to a spotted eagle ray that leaped out of the water and struck a woman who, startled, then fell backward, hit her head, and died.
How such a bizarre accident gets reported as the ray actually killing the woman (at least the way the headline is written) is beyond me. [Note: If you click through to the article, you'll see the headline is worded differently, but the headline repeated above is how the headline link is written on CNN's home page.] Not that I'm surprised that the media shows irresponsible and sensationalist writing skills when it comes to reporting on deaths related to marine animals.
So my question: after Steve Irwin's death and now this accident, are rays going to become the new shark?
If you're like me, you read that headline and asked yourself "Who is Ray, and why did he kill a woman?" If you read the article, you find out that Ray is not a person; rather, the headline refers to a spotted eagle ray that leaped out of the water and struck a woman who, startled, then fell backward, hit her head, and died.
How such a bizarre accident gets reported as the ray actually killing the woman (at least the way the headline is written) is beyond me. [Note: If you click through to the article, you'll see the headline is worded differently, but the headline repeated above is how the headline link is written on CNN's home page.] Not that I'm surprised that the media shows irresponsible and sensationalist writing skills when it comes to reporting on deaths related to marine animals.
So my question: after Steve Irwin's death and now this accident, are rays going to become the new shark?
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