"Oil spill near Texas threatens wildlife".
While the Los Angeles Times wrote the article, it's clear the Journal Gazette wrote the headline.
Over the years, the Journal has had trouble with inaccurate, scandalous, insipid, racist, dull, and embarrassing headlines finding their way into print. Today's faux pax won't get the Journal Gazette and their owners threatened with being hauled into court, but it does indicate a serious lack of geographic knowledge from the very media outlet that takes every opportunity to hold itself up as the ivory tower of information and high-minded moral thought.
For the record, Houston, Galveston, Galveston Bay and the Houston Ship Channel are not only NEAR Texas, they are actually IN the state of Texas.
Now, if the the Journal can't find Texas, then Houston we do have a problem.
"Near" is the new "Off the coast of..."
ReplyDeleteYes, splitting hairs, but the spill is inside Galveston Bay at the opening of the Ship Channel. So, be definition, it's inside of the state of Texas, not near. The Journal must have thought it cumbersome, too, as they changed the headline for later and online editions.
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