The nation's headline writers couldn't quite agree which of these was the real news flash.
"It's not as far out as a lot of headline writers seem to think," he said.
Well, the job of the headline writer is not to push their own view, but represent the piece.
At least that's how the news was presented by the time the headline writers had gone to work.
In Italy, too, the word reopen was a favorite among headline writers.
Polly, please do have a word with your headline writer.
I think your headline writer went a little too far.
He said his comments were taken out of context by the headline writers.
It was a free ride for the headline writers.
The headline writers were boggled, trying to decide which order to put things in.