Monday, January 25, 2010

Interesting Title Change - Breed Name Eliminated

This is what I received in my google alerts ("animal control" happened to be the alert):

Authorities: 4 Great Danes attack 5-year-old in Montgomery County
KHOU
The dogs are now being collected by animal control. There is no further information at this time. I hope this little child is going to get well soon...its ...
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but when I clicked on the link, this is what I got:

Authorities: 5-year-old recovering after vicious dog attack

by khou.com staff
Posted on January 23, 2010 at 5:57 PM
Updated today (1/24) at 12:57 PM
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas – A 5-year-old  boy is recovering after being viciously attacked by his neighbor's dogs. 
Drake Talley, was out playing Saturday around 2:30 p.m., when two of the neighbor's four dogs attacked him. 
Drake was airlifted to Memorial Hermann hospital for treatment, where he is now recovering.  
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Emphasis my own, along with the added italicized date. We went from mentioning the breed name in the title (common with reporting on Pit Bull bites) to eliminating the breed entirely in both the title and the body of the article (common with reporting on non Pit Bull bites).