The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.
Consider It Done
“The Wall Street Journal Wants Their Journalists to Look Good on Camera”–headline, New York Observer website, May 6
Out on a Limb
“U.S. Says China’s Government, Military Used Cyberespionage”–headline, The Wall Street Journal, May 7
As Long as It’s Golf
“W.H. on Obama Golfing With GOP Senators: ‘He’s Willing to Try Anything’ “–headline, Politico.com, May 6
Nothing Gets Past Those Fact-Checkers
“PolitiFact: Austin School Debt Load Could Double but It Might Not”–headline, Austin American-Statesman website, May 6
We’ll Ask Our Australian Neighbors
“What Does English Sound Like to Foreigners?”–headline, FoxNews.com, May 6
News of the Tautological
“Special Elections Offer Opportunities for Both Parties”–headline, PJMedia.com, May 6
Bottom Stories of the Day
- “Edwin Paul Salon Remains Under Same Ownership”–headline, Patch.com (Grosse Pointe, Mich.), May 6
- “New York Times Ignores Benghazi”–headline, Breitbart.com, May 7
Huffington Hoax
“Messages from [the satirical news site] The Onion’s Twitter and Facebook feeds prompted questions about whether the accounts had been hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army on Monday,” the Huffington Post reports:
The hacker group claimed responsibility for the posts.
“The Syrian Electronic Army Was Here” appeared on the Onion’s Facebook page on Monday morning. Similar messages appeared on the Facebook and Twitter feeds for Onion Sports, and were removed.
The Onion later reported:
Following today’s incident in which the Syrian Electronic Army hacked into The Onion’s Twitter account, sources at America’s Finest News Source confirmed that its Twitter password has been changed to OnionMan77 in order to prevent any future cyber-attacks.
Apparently the guys at the Puffington Host don’t realize the Onion is a satirical site. …
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