A “dummy headline” is the headline put up on a layout before the final headline. “Dummy” is also the name, in the Internet age, for anyone who puts up a dummy headline they might not want the world to see. See, for instance, the current (as of about 8 p.m. Central) headline on the New Republic’s web site for what I assume is a Jeffrey Rosen piece they’re about to post (“tk” means “to come”):
“tk rosen replies to his haters”
Posted by Paul Horwitz on May 28, 2012 at 09:02 PM
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And here is the URL for the piece as posted, now boringly titled “Are Liberals Trying to Intimidate John Roberts?”:
http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/103656/obamacare-affordable-care-act-critics-response
Posted by: Mark Regan | May 29, 2012 12:47:26 AM