Further investigation by Madison police resulted in the seizure of an additional $9,700 in counterfeit $100 bills, says an Associated Press news report in San Francisco Chronicle.
How do you put value to counterfeit currency ? One would think fake currency isn’t worth even the paper on which it is printed. A headline from Deccan Herald - Counterfeit notess worth Rs.9 lakhs seized . The news report read, “The police seized Rs.9 lakh worth of counterfeit notes from a lodge in Srirngapatna, near Mysore.
A news item submitted by a correspondent is processed by atleast two others – sub-editor and the chief sub – on the newsdesk before it gets into print in a newspaper. A friend and blogger Abraham Tharakan forwarded a mail citing a newspaper headline - Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and Daughter. How could he ? When a reader called the newspaper office to point this out, it took the editor two readings to realise the snag . The newspaper published a correction the next day. I wonder how the editor phrased the correction – man kills self, but not before shooting wife and daughter.
The mail Mr Tharakan sent included other bloomers such as: Panda mating fails; vetenarian takes over
War dims hope for peace
If strike isn’t settled quickly, it may last a while
Miners refuse to work after death
Juvenie court to try shooting defendant This last bit ought to expedite pending cases and help clear the backlog in courts.
Very interesting.
True, how can one put a value to counterfeit notes.
We do observe these things daily, but never realize the mistake.
What fun these headlines are, to be sure!