#madheadlines
It’s time for media to report with empathy and take responsibility for every word — not just the story, but the headline too.

Because when the headline stigmatises, it’s the individual who pays the price.

✊ Let’s change the conversation.
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May 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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#ProfilesInCourage

Did DeSantis actually grow some balls?

"Lara Trump removes herself from consideration for Marco Rubio’s U.S. Senate seat"
December 22, 2024 at 9:29 PM
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I thought this a political satire from The Onion. But apparently not

"Mark Zuckerberg Scrapped Meta Policy After Knee Surgery Post Failed to Go Viral"
MSN
www.msn.com
January 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Hard not to laugh about his.

This pretty much follows Ramaswamy's business career. Not a lot of interest in actually working hard. Didn't even make it to the change in administrations.
Vivek Ramaswamy expected to depart DOGE
Trump's choice to co-lead the Department of Government Efficiency is expected to announce a gubernatorial campaign after the new administration begins.
www.cbsnews.com
January 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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#WTFJobs
Do we need a special envoy to the UK? Burnett ruined survivor about 7 seasons ago. Now he can ruin our relationship with the UK.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump taps 'Apprentice' producer, Mark Burnett, as special envoy to the United Kingdom
Mark Burnett, the power producer who helped reintroduce Donald Trump to a national television audience with “The Apprentice,” is being tapped by the president-elect as special envoy to the United King...
apnews.com
December 21, 2024 at 10:31 PM
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This was good. From @apnews.com

"Donald Trump talks so much that even his White House stenographers are struggling to keep up"

I can't stand to listen to him, but if the past is the future - the more people hear from him, the less they like him.

I'm all in on that!
Donald Trump talks so much that even his White House stenographers are struggling to keep up
The most obvious shift from Joe Biden to Donald Trump has been the flood of talking from the White House.
apnews.com
February 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
December 29, 2024 at 9:58 PM
I thought this was too good to pass up. An updating of the Monroe Doctrine which I posted about a day or so ago with the hashtag
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open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
The Credulity Olympics
Plus: Thinking through Biden’s death-row commutations.
open.substack.com
December 24, 2024 at 6:45 PM
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In any other moment this would be shocking. Sigh, not so much for someone who was offered the job of US Attorney General.

The worst is yet to come.
www.cnn.com/2024/12/23/p...
House Ethics report finds evidence Matt Gaetz paid thousands for sex and drugs including paying a 17-year-old for sex in 2017 | CNN Politics
The House Ethics Committee found evidence that former Rep. Matt Gaetz paid tens of thousands of dollars to women for sex or drugs on at least 20 occasions, including paying a 17-year-old girl for sex ...
www.cnn.com
December 23, 2024 at 4:09 PM
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"Trump hawks signed bibles as government set to shutdown"
The war on Christmas is still alive!

www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
MSN
www.msn.com
December 21, 2024 at 3:26 PM
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#WTFTrue
This seems right on brand for the incoming Trump administration.
Trump picks former Senate candidate Herschel Walker for ambassador to the Bahamas
Walker, a college football star who went on to play in the NFL, unsuccessfully ran for a Senate seat in Georgia two years ago.
www.nbcnews.com
December 18, 2024 at 8:46 PM
91% of people with mental health challenges feel harmed by media language. 🧠⚽
Join @sportinmind.bsky.social #MadHeadlines campaign—backed by Anton Ferdinand & Marvin Sordell—to change the narrative in sport. 📝
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buff.ly
May 22, 2025 at 8:15 AM
91% of people with mental health challenges feel harmed by media language. 🧠⚽
Join @sportinmind.bsky.social #MadHeadlines campaign—backed by Anton Ferdinand & Marvin Sordell—to change the narrative in sport. 📝
Sign the pledge today 👉
Mad Headlines Campaign Pledge
We’re Sport in Mind ®, the UK mental health sports charity. We’re here to use sport and exercise to improve the lives of children and adults experiencing mental health problems and combat suicide
buff.ly
May 12, 2025 at 8:35 AM
91% of people with mental health challenges feel harmed by media language. 🧠⚽
Join @sportinmind.bsky.social #MadHeadlines campaign—backed by Anton Ferdinand & Marvin Sordell—to change the narrative in sport. 📝
Sign the pledge today 👉
Mad Headlines Campaign Pledge
We’re Sport in Mind ®, the UK mental health sports charity. We’re here to use sport and exercise to improve the lives of children and adults experiencing mental health problems and combat suicide
buff.ly
May 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Harmful language in sports media perpetuates stigma and makes it harder for people to seek help.

We're pleased to have signed @sportinmind.bsky.social's important #madheadlines pledge to call for a shift toward more compassionate language.

Find out more 👇👇

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April 24, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Sport in Mind is a charity focused on mental health in sport.

I have just signed their petition calling for less harmful language in newspaper headlines.

Please join me.

www.sportinmind.org/mad-headlines
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Sign the pledge and support us in challenging the #madheadlines!
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April 24, 2025 at 6:34 AM