Scary proclamation
England fans ‘virtually certain’ to die in South Africa, says national newspaper
Say hello to the Hyperbolic Headline of the Day
When The Telegraph ran a headline proclaiming that it is ‘virtually certain’ some England fans will die in South Africa, we were intrigued to discover the source of this frightening oxymoronic phrase. After closer inspection, it turns out the journalist was actually quoting his own words from the sub-headline, and the ‘virtually certain to die’ phrase appears nowhere in the actual article.
A solid effort from The Telegraph, but shouldn’t this kind of unsubstantiated and borderline xenophobic scaremongering be left to The Daily Mail?
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3 responses so far
King Peanut // September 11, 2009 at 6:38 pm
I am a South African. Been living in South Africa my entire life. Not once have I been held up or robbed. Last year when I was in London, I was mugged by a boy no older than 15. The irony
I AM // September 11, 2009 at 7:16 pm
“virtually certain” doesn`t make sense. something is either “certain” or “uncertain” and just to think the cretin that wrote the article gets paid to do so. there is obviously nothing for the press to report or write because it is not only the telegraph, a lot of the english media have been running stories that hold no substance where the england team are concerned, it`s the usual thing, a world cup coming up so the media go all negative, the reason for this is because they are inept, pathetic and shallow
Guy // September 14, 2009 at 11:35 am
Another British tabloid. SA will nail the world cup, just go check out the stadia on the web
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