AOL Buys Quack.com That Enables Access with Voice

August 31, 2000 5:20 PM

AOL Buys Quack.com That Enables Access with Voice   <— this is the worst headline I have ever seen.
posted by sylloge (4 comments total)

Geez. I'd think yahoo would have editors for this sort of thing.
posted by tomorama at 6:13 PM on August 31, 2000

Well, it's repurposed Reuters, and a repackaged press release, so whatever: in previous years, it would have found its true function in the recycling bin or as a fish and chip wrapper. Probably better to worry about crimes against the language when production values get involved.
posted by holgate at 9:02 PM on August 31, 2000

If a headline's function is to draw attention to itself, maybe this worked. We could see more criminally garbled English, just because it stands out.
posted by scum at 6:09 AM on September 1, 2000

What? There was a Quack.com that did NOT enable access with voice?!
posted by dhartung at 9:56 AM on September 1, 2000