The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.

We Blame George W. Bush

  • “Obama: I Didn’t Cancel W.H. Tours, Secret Service and Congress to Blame”–headline,TheWeeklyStandard.com, March 13
  • “Estonian Man Returns Library Book 69 Years Late, Blames WWII Air Raid”–headline,Associated Press, March 12
  • “Neige: ‘On Ne Pourra Pas Dire Que C’est la Faute de Sarkozy [You cannot blame former president of France Nicolas Sarkozy]'”–headline, Le Figaro, March 13

Ne C’est Pas la Raison D’etre
“Is Skype a Telephone Operator? France Will Investigate”–headline, New York Times, March 13

Questions Nobody Is Asking

  • “Can This Taco Save America?”–headline, TheDailyBeast.com, March 12
  • “How would Britain have fared in World War II if Winston Churchill had smoked pot instead of cigars?”–Dennis Prager, National Review Online, March 12

Bloomberg Reporter Asks Bloomberg to Identify Himself–Now That Would Be News
“Michael Bloomberg Asks Bloomberg Reporter to Identify Himself”–headline, Twitchy.com, March 11

Other Than That, the Story Was Accurate
“It was surely one of the most heart-wrenching–and controversial–news photos of the past year, and maybe many years. The image of a Palestinian man, his head thrown back in grief as he cradled the shrouded body of his infant son, set off a fierce war of words. . . . The Post’s caption on the photo said the child died “after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City,” which implied Israeli culpability. In light of the U.N. report, the paper said it would publish an editor’s note in Wednesday’s editions along with the photo that clarifies the circumstances surrounding it. The note reads, in part, that the U.N. report ‘has now cast doubt’ on Israel’s involvement. [The U.N. Report said the baby apparently was killed by a Palestinian rocket that fell on his family’s house in Gaza. The rocket was fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza – one of hundreds aimed at Israelis during the eight-day conflict.]”–Paul Farhi, Washington Post, March 13

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