Whats wrong with this headline??

Question

I found this headline in a newspaper, tell me whats wrong.
HOMICIDE VICTIM FOUND DEAD IN STREET.

Answer 1

Freakin' hilarious! One would hope the victim of a homicide would be found dead. Fire the editor.

Answer 2

it's a good example of a "Tautology", ie when a sentence says the same thing twice. Although I think this headline is saying the same thing 3 times: Homicide first, then Victim, and finally Dead.

Answer 3

It's tautology. If the person is the victim of a homicide he must be dead. So the better headline would be "Homicide victim found in street"...

Answer 4

Why do you ask that question? Did somebody enable you to comprehend there's a difficulty with that headline? I see no grammatical nor logical errors with that headline. If the sinkhole happens close to or on the realm of a good sized hill or mountain, i think of it ought to reason a landslide. The landslide might probable fill the sinkhole.

Answer 5

Hahhaha
That is a classic :)
As others have pointed out, a victim of homicide is most likely to be found 'dead'
;)

Answer 6

If it was a homicide, of course the victim is dead!!

Nice one for spotting that! Just goes to show that reporters will say anything for shock value....

Answer 7

The headline was produced by a computer which selected it from a number of relevant words.
Unfortunately nobody checked it afterwards. Sorry!

Answer 8

Its a double negative...lol Homicides are already dead...

Answer 9

LOL not about the murder of course but you could leae out half the sentence and have it still say the same thing

Answer 10

Homicide victims are normally found dead SOMEWHERE.