The headline was not entirely representative of the article: as much as the subject matter in the title was expanded on in the post, the hook in the article was that Lu Dort was ejected from the Thunder-Spurs game and that doesn’t get solved in the writing. They take a quote from the Thunder coach during a post-game interview, but all it really breathes insight to is that players have said worse things to referees than Dort did tonight. I find that this isn’t very representative of the title because I was expecting that direct and conciseness to reflect in the body copy but instead the article just dances around what actually happened regarding the hook for the story. Beyond this, the headline mostly represents the article contents, as it delves into the info regarding the other ejections. The writing breaks down how a thunder player was elbowed in the face off-ball and a scuffle started between him and who he was hit by, before security stepped in. The type adds more detail to what was introduced by the headline, but doesn’t go overboard with details of the event- reflecting the conciseness displayed to users initially. As much as the article covers the event from the headline and they represent each other through the writing style, I found that the headline provided exactly enough information to entice me where the copy didn’t end up providing me with enough detail to fully understand what happened. The direct style of writing left the reader hanging on what happened between the elbow and the ejection, truthfully it doesn’t even state that the named players were the ones ejected and you’re only left to assume that a based on the context from the headline.
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