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Beloved newspaper has a headline problem

Here are some headlines in the New York Times from the past year:

  • Beloved Ostrich Dies at Kansas Zoo After Swallowing Worker’s Keys
  • Beloved ’90s TV Show Finally Comes to Streaming
  • A Beloved Artist Supplants a Corporation on a Concert Hall Marquee
  • London Bids Farewell, for Now, to a Beloved, Overstuffed Walrus
  • ‘Oh No, They’re Both Gone’: Beloved Maine Fishing Shacks Tumble Into Bay
  • The Pure, Earthy Richness of a Beloved Jamaican Fish Stew
  • Germany’s Beloved Dachshund Could Be Threatened Under Breeding Bill
  • A Beloved Copenhagen Cafe Gets Serious About Dinner
  • A Beloved Chicken and Rice Dish, Streamlined for Weeknights
  • Insooni Breaks Racial Barrier to Become Beloved Singer in South Korea
  • On the Brazilian Coast, a Tropical Town Beloved by Artists and Makers
  • The Instant Pot Was Beloved. Now Its Maker Has Filed for Bankruptcy.
  • To Stop an Extinction, He’s Flying High, Followed by His Beloved Birds
  • Margaret Grade, Whose California Inn Was Beloved by Stars, Dies at 72
  • Columbus Letter Beloved by Thieves and Forgers Sells for $3.9 Million
  • Her Choice: Love, or the Lease on a Beloved Studio. It Took Some Thought.
  • A Beloved Comedian’s Film on Domestic Abuse Draws Italians, in Droves
  • After 128 Years in a Pennsylvania Funeral Home, a Beloved Mummy Is Buried
  • Beloved Banyan Tree That Burned in Lahaina Fires Shows Signs of Recovery
  • Red-Crowned Parrots Are Beloved in L.A. County. Who’s Trapping Them?
  • Quotation of the Day: Beloved Pine Trees Vanishing in Rome
  • Labor Dispute Closes Berlin, the Beloved Chicago Gay Bar
  • Amazon’s Most Beloved Features May Turn Out to Be Illegal
  • Beloved Tree in England Is Felled in ‘Act of Vandalism’

Oddly, this love affair with "beloved" appears to be unique to the Times. This is based on admittedly sketchy research that was hampered by the book Beloved, but other news outlets don't seem to have this obsession. What's going on?

POSTSCRIPT: The only headline I have any personal experience with is the one about red-crowned parrots in Los Angeles, which I'm not sure are really all that beloved. However, the LA Times informs me that San Gabriel resident Ceidy Baker Cordova, 44, "said the birds — who have their detractors due to their halting early-morning squawking — are “beloved” in the area." So I guess they really are beloved, by some at least.

10 thoughts on “Beloved newspaper has a headline problem

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  1. DarkBrandon

    The NY Times is a trade journal of email security protocols and single-source WMD hearsay. Only in recent years have they branched out into more general coverage.

    Give them time.

  2. shauninri

    If only this were the biggest issue with NYT headlines. Waiting for "Beloved Insurrectionist from Queens Promises to Bring the Outer Boroughs Back to the White House".

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