Sixty
years ago the headline 'Man Bites Dog' would have secured a front page
story in almost every local paper in the world.
Today,
with journalism shock inflation running at record levels, such a headline may
never even make it into the paper at all.
Today,
as we look back in a Bygones special, we ask how have headlines changed since
1945...?
Yosemite
Yodeller |
| 1945 | Big
Tree Offers Visitors Shelter In Rain Shower |
| | 2005 | Couple
Conceive Under Big Tree, Determined to Return For Birth There |
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Melbourne
Moon |
| | 2005 | Old
Ladys 'Cake Or Death' Dilemma, Latest |
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Sydney
Bugle |
| 1945 | 42
Year Old Surfer Retires Unhurt |
| | 2005 | Naked
Surfer 7 Minutes From Death After 14 Shark Snap Shocker, Says 'I Will Return To
Find My Lost Flipper' |
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Paris
Gazette |
| | 2005 | Woman
Serves Stewed Family Pet For Lunch After Watching Fatal Attraction |
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New
Delhi Daily |
| 1945 | Child
Drinks Glass of Water |
| | 2005 | 70
Feared Drowned In 'Largest Number Of People In Swimming Pool At One Time' World
Record |
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London
Morning Post |
| | 2005 | My
Seven In A Bed Romp With London Chemist |
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