{"id":2466,"date":"2007-11-09T11:27:02","date_gmt":"2007-11-09T15:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=2466"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:09:42","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:09:42","slug":"head-chopping-city-fed-headlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/11\/09\/head-chopping-city-fed-headlines\/","title":{"rendered":"Head-chopping city-fed headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While the graphic Spacing editor Dale Duncan posted yesterday of Hazel McCallion wrestling Jim Flaherty<\/a> definitely made me smile, the front-page headline on today’s Toronto Star<\/em> — “PM to cities: Drop dead” — made me laugh out loud.<\/p>\n

It’s pretty strong, sarcastic stuff for a non-Onion, non-editorial-cartoon header, and made me wonder if it was a little too close to deadline at the copy desk when that went through.<\/p>\n

I notice that on the Star<\/em> website the headline has been changed to the less inflammatory “Harper rejects financial aid for cities.”<\/p>\n

Do you think, given the consequences of continuing federal indifference to cities, especially Toronto, that the more pointed headline was justified? I admire the Star<\/em>‘s city reporting (and advocacy), and I’m frustrated with city funding issues too…but I’m still wondering.<\/p>\n

UPDATE<\/strong>: This post was published before we were able to include the Star<\/em>‘s original reference: A 1975 NY Post headline, “Ford to City: Drop Dead”. Thanks to commenters below.<\/p>\n

photo from Toronto Archives: series 71, item 4082<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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