The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.
We Balme Global Warming
“Washington Post Blames Increased Typos on Staff Cuts, SEO”–headline, Mediaite.com, Jan. 18
It’s Always in the Last Place You Look
- “Error Found in Sunday Crossword”–headline, News-Leader (Springfield, Mo.), Jan. 17
- ” ‘World’s Least Known Bird’ Found Breeding in Afghanistan”–headline, Reuters, Jan. 17
A Source Who Would Have Had Good Reason to Stay Anonymous
The New York Times reports from earthquake-ravaged Port-au-Prince, Haiti:
Many business owners have not opened their doors for fear of mobs ransacking their operations and stealing their merchandise. Those fears were stoked by pockets of looting in downtown commercial areas in recent days.
“I have 450 employees who I would like to get working again, but I’m afraid of being attacked when word on the street gets out that we have water,”; said Roger Parisot, 48, an owner of Sotresa, a company in the Portail Leogâne district that sells purified water in small plastic pouches.
Mr. Parisot had better hope no one in Port-au-Prince reads the New York Times.
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