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November 17, 2009

Worst lede in the history of everything? #metro #toronto #journalism

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over 2 years ago John Bowman responded:

John Bowman

For the record, yes, this was the only mention of CoD:MW2 in the story.

over 2 years ago Ben Wilkoff responded:

Ben Wilkoff

I love casual causal relationships... They always lead to the best reporting.

over 2 years ago Lyn Headley responded:

Lyn Headley

I guess factual accuracy is not the only journalistic value.

over 2 years ago Malcolm Bastien responded:

Malcolm Bastien

I don't want to live in a world where I can't trust Metro for my news.

over 2 years ago jackiefishman (Twitter) responded:

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Do you think that this lede is actually paid advertising?

over 2 years ago GainesvillePR (Twitter) responded:

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Bad, but not worst.
Worst I've come across was something in the line of: "Some say that father knows best. But not for one area girl who police say was being sold for sex by her dad."

Another one: "When Johnny comes marching home again, it's going to be with a new state-of-the-art prosthetic leg. (Rank) Johnny (lastname) lost his leg to an IED in Iraq." It was something like that.