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"I misread X as Y" comments don't seem to be popular here, but I was tempted to post the same thing.

I read this headline exactly the same way as you, and I actually felt relieved to know that the cat litter CEO was not a suspect in this accident!

I think it's a lesson for headline writers: Sure, write your headline as terse and tight as you can make it. But at least re-read it a few times to make sure it isn't ambiguous.

Another way to put it: "What would Experts Exchange think of this headline?"

> Organic Cat Litter Chief

A new Tzar appointment by the President.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_path_sentence

(I also misinterpreted it at first glance)

That's exactly how I read it the first time, too.

It's not you, that's how I read it.