The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.
Syria Treats Israelis–Now That Would Be News
“Israel Treats Wounded Syrians Along Frontier”–headline, ABCNews.com, Feb. 16
Out on a Limb
- “For Dems to Win House, Obama Must Rise in Polls”–headline, Michael Barone syndicated column, Feb. 18
- “China Suspected of Hacking Attacks Against the U.S.”–headline, Huffington Post, Feb. 19
News of the Tautological
“Asteroid Will Buzz By, Miss Earth–Unlike Meteorite–at 12:25 p.m. MST”–headline, KMGH-TV website (Denver), Feb. 15
Other Than That, the Story Was Accurate”
“On Feb. 17, The Associated Press withdrew its story about Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. . . . The original story said Paul sees some in his party favoring a 2016 presidential candidate with an immigration policy that would ’round up people . . . and send them back to Mexico.’ That quote was in a transcript of a talk show distributed by a transcript service after Paul’s interview on the show. A subsequent Associated Press review of an audio recording of the show determined that the transcript had dropped the word ‘don’t’ from that quote, and Paul actually said, ‘They don’t want somebody who wants to round people up, put them in camps and send them back to Mexico.’ “–Associated Press, Feb. 19
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