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Have you ever come across a news article lede so bad it hurt to read?

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tsarstepan
 
Reply Sat 19 Jan, 2013 05:55 pm
And The Worst Lede of All Time Is: “She lost a womb but gained a penis.”

The opening article in question.
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She lost a womb but gained a penis.

The former was being removed surgically - full hysterectomy - while the latter was forcibly shoved into her slack mouth.


For the context of the news article and the subsequent story:
http://gawker.com/5977340/and-the-worst-lede-of-all-time-is-she-lost-a-womb-but-gained-a-penis

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lede

noun
the introductory section of a story; "it was an amusing lead-in to a very serious matter" [syn: lead]
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