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Phillip Blanchard · **Posted:** Wed May 08, 2002 12:45 pm

Boston Cardinal Law Deposed in Child Sex Abuse Case (Reuters)

Phillip Blanchard · **Posted:** Thu May 09, 2002 7:28 am

Law Deposed in Pedophilia Case ***Ha! What bush-league newspaper used a "Law Deposed" headline after such fair warning? Ha-ha. Oh. Oops.***[ May 09, 2002: Message edited by: blanp ]

pampellfw · **Joined:** Thu Apr 25, 2002 12:01 am **Posts:** 38

OK, I'll be the dumb hick Hoosier out here and say "I don't get either of those." Law Deposed is awkward, but that's as much because of "deposed" as of "Law." Please explain. :confused:

ADKbrown · **Posted:** Thu May 09, 2002 12:01 pm

A much better hed would be:Cardinal Law posed in pedophilia case

Sanvean · **Posted:** Thu May 09, 2002 12:52 pm

<blockquote>quote:<hr>Originally posted by blanp:
Boston Cardinal Law Deposed in Child Sex Abuse Case (Reuters)<hr></blockquote>
Guess which exact headline I saw in my own newspaper today?

Phillip Blanchard · **Posted:** Thu May 09, 2002 1:47 pm

<blockquote>quote:<hr>Originally posted by pampellfw:
OK, I'll be the dumb hick Hoosier out here and say "I don't get either of those." Law Deposed is awkward, but that's as much because of "deposed" as of "Law." Please explain. :confused: <hr></blockquote>The most widely used meaning of "depose" is "to remove from office or a position of power." If that had happened, the story would not have been on Page 2.

SusanV · **Posted:** Thu May 09, 2002 2:29 pm

<blockquote>quote:<hr>Originally posted by blanp:
The most widely used meaning of "depose" is "to remove from office or a position of power." If that had happened, the story would not have been on Page 2.<hr></blockquote>Maybe I've been in Washington too long, but IMO its use in the legal sense, as here, is just as common. It certainly didn't strike me as misunderstandable in context!

Wayne Countryman · **Posted:** Thu May 09, 2002 3:10 pm

Seems to me that the headline can be taken either of two ways -- and that's not good.I seldom like heds that require reading the story to get the context necessary to know what the hed means. Not everyone reads beyond the headline. And those who do don't like to be surprised to learn that they took it the wrong way. <blockquote>quote:<hr>Originally posted by SusanV:
Maybe I've been in Washington too long, but IMO its use in the legal sense, as here, is just as common. It certainly didn't strike me as misunderstandable in context!<hr></blockquote>

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