Is this the dumbest newspaper headline ever?

Question

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=JLMNFLJVB4A5TQFIQMFSFFWAVCBQ0IV0?xml=/news/2007/07/23/nflood1123.xml

"UK floods to worsen as water levels rise"

Gosh, I'm glad I've got The Telegraph to make that clear to me.

Turn to page 5 for their war coverage:

"Death rates worsen as more people get killed"

Ok, that one there, I made up.

Answer 1

Water supplies cut as floods worsen!

Answer 2

Area Man Has No Idea Why He Wrote 'Gazebo Convo-Rosolve/Tues (!?)' In Planner Six Weeks Ago

Answer 3

I'm thinking it's worthy enough for inclusion in this list of allegedly real headlines.

Some are just slips of the tongue

Grandmother of eight makes hole in one
Deaf mute gets new hearing in killing
Police begin campaign to run down jaywalkers
House passes gas tax onto senate
Stiff opposition expected to casketless funeral plan
Two convicts evade noose, jury hung
William Kelly was fed secretary
Milk drinkers are turning to powder
Safety experts say school bus passengers should be belted
Quarter of a million Chinese live on water
Farmer bill dies in house
Iraqi head seeks arms

Some become unintentionally suggestive
Queen Mary having bottom scraped
Is there a ring of debris around Uranus?
Prostitutes appeal to Pope
Panda mating fails - veterinarian takes over
NJ judge to rule on nude beach
Child's stool great for use in garden
Dr. Ruth to talk about sex with newspaper editors
Soviet virgin lands short of goal again
Organ festival ends in smashing climax

Grammar often botches other headlines
Eye drops off shelf
Squad helps dog bite victim
Dealers will hear car talk at noon
Enraged cow injures farmer with ax
Lawmen from Mexico barbecue guests
Miners refuse to work after death
Two Soviet ships collide - one dies
Two sisters reunite after eighteen years at checkout counter

Once in a while, a botched headline takes on a meaning opposite from the one intended:
Never withhold herpes from loved one
Nicaragua sets goal to wipe out literacy
Drunk drivers paid $1,000 in 1984
Autos killing 110 a day, let's resolve to do better

Sometimes newspaper editors state the obvious
If strike isn't settled quickly it may last a while
War dims hope for peace
Smokers are productive, but death cuts efficiency
Cold wave linked to temperatures
Child's death ruins couple's holiday
Blind woman gets new kidney from dad she hasn't seen in years
Man is fatally slain
Something went wrong in jet crash, experts say
Death causes loneliness, feeling of isolation

Answer 4

No I've seen dumber but does it mean in the affected areas or some new ones.The headline caught your eye. That is what it was intended to do.

I think one in the Times many years ago beats it

Fog! Europe Isolated (before my time I might add)

Answer 5

Headlines are often written at the last minute in seconds due to time pressures. That means they sometimes come up a little short in the "sense" department.

My favorite bad headline in sports: when Roger Maris died, the headline was "Maris traded to angels."

A good double-meaning in politics (if you know the spouse's name): "Can't stand pat, Nixon declares."

Answer 6

I thought the telegraph was supposed to be for the intelligent people not the dumbies like me who can work that out for myself??!

Answer 7

Years ago I remember one of my teachers reminiscing about how the print media use to be much better and how the standard of journalism had declined. I thought she was looking back with rose tinted glasses. Now however.............

Answer 8

Brilliant. Stupid telegraph. Has made my day thankyou so much! A star for you!

Answer 9

I think these papers are dumbing down these days, just like evertthing else

Answer 10

How did it get passed the Editor?