People took to social media to decry the Wall Street Journal’s poorly-crafted headline that it published Wednesday when describing Japan’s red ant problem.<\/b>
\nPeople took to social media to decry\u00a0the Wall Street Journal\u2019s poorly-crafted headline that it published Wednesday when\u00a0describing Japan\u2019s red ant\u00a0problem.
The WSJ\u2019s \u201c Evacuate the Sandbox! Japan Is Freaking Out About Fire Ants \u201d headline sets up the article\u2019s loquacious description of the \u201cpowerful fangs\u201d belonging to the \u201cmiscreants now terrorizing Japan, \u201d namely, fire ants.
The title isn\u2019 t the only pun in the WSJ\u2019s article, however, with lines like \u201cas more marauders breached the nation\u2019s borders, television-news shows began fanning concerns of a crippling attack, \u201d and \u201cto some outsiders, however, this island nation may be making a mountain out of an anthill.\u201d
Readers were most disgusted with its Twitter title, and took to social media\u00a0to express\u00a0their feelings.
Kon-ouchy-wa! Japan is freaking out about fire ants https: \/\/t.co\/GeJgAwJ1nD
\u2014 Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) July 26,2017
One Twitter user wrote, \u201cThis is an awful title. Don\u2019 t be patronizing, \u201d while another wrote \u201cHahaha hahaha\u201d above a meme\u00a0of Judge Judy sighing and putting her hand to her forehead.
What the actual fuck? pic.twitter.com\/QxMt8dmG92
\u2014 James Brooks (@hannibalsbuffet) July 26,2017
One commenter\u00a0wrote, \u201cI have a feeling people are going to react poorly to that title. Just saying, \u201d while another anticipated that sensitive readers\u00a0might not appreciate the headline, saying, \u201cPlease be prepared to change that headline for the loser SJWs of the world.\u201d
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