PrintMisleading 'New York Times' Headline of the Week
"Bacon Painting Auctioned for Record $86 Million" - The painting does not, in fact, have any bacon.
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6 Comments:
I totally felt the same way when I clicked through to the article only to find it was about FRANCIS Bacon. Gosh darn it.
karenita at 12:39PM on 05/16/08
LOL...but if you knew that before you read the article you wouldn't have read the article!!
RichardCrystal at 1:37PM on 05/16/08
Oh man, I thought the same thing. The best part was, I wasn't really surprised. "$86 million? Seems about right."
capndesign at 3:23PM on 05/16/08
So it wasn't just me then...
Nezrite at 4:03PM on 05/16/08
Thank you! I totally thought it was "bacon" bacon, too.
selizara at 4:38PM on 05/16/08
When I first saw the headline, I thought to myself: I'm totally in the wrong business; I should be painting bacon for a living.
Raphael at 5:20PM on 05/16/08