[...] also fits with the annoying tendency of headline writers to use the “Holy XYZ!” phrasing from the 1960s Batman TV show as if [...]

After all, Many people in today’s audience weren’t even alive when the Batman series (which spawned such headlines) was originally on the air.
Granted, there have been some cable channels since then which have shown reruns of the show, but they have had much smaller audience than the original airings of the show garnered.

Many of the current audience has never seen the Adam West “Batman.”

Man, I feel old! :)

Self-grammar-copping,

-T.R.

As for Mark’s comment, I understand frustration at local media, but depending on context, I don’t know if the distinction between having been “ejected” and having been “thrown” from a vehicle would rile me as much as it has you. But, for what it’s worth, I do get a twinge of annoyance whenever local media uses “impact” as a verb to mean “effect” (As in “How will the new housing development impact the local economy?”) But I think that usage has become so ingrained that it’s here to stay…

Just yesterday the local paper ran a little blip on a fellow who hit a fox on his motorcycle a couple of days ago. His situation was improving. Knucklehead writer stated the rider had been “ejected” from his motorcycle. Riders don’t get “ejected” they get “thrown.”

Idiots…

It must have been years ago that Neil Gaiman observed that mainstream coverage of comics tends to alternate between “Biff! Pow! Comics have grown up!” and “Ohmygawd this comic that’s not for children has material that isn’t for children in it!” But the disconnect is still there, like a newspaper cartoonist who still draws clothing and cars from the 1950s in a strip that takes place today.