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

Other Than That, the Story Was Accurate
“This article was amended on 05 September 2011. The original stated the death toll for the Japanese tsunami was 1,200,000 instead of 12,000. This has been corrected.”–Guardian (London), Sept. 5

Pessimists Sit Around in the Dark
“Optimists to Try to Conserve Energy”–headline, Wausau (Wis.) Daily Herald, Sept. 5

Breaking News From 455
“Rome Monuments Attacked by Vandals”–headline, BBC website, Sept. 4

Answers to Questions Nobody Is Asking
“Why Muslims Are Still Mad at America”–headline, CNN.com, Sept. 5

Bottom Stories of the Day

  • “Arizona Governor Will Not Move State’s Presidential Primary to Jan. 31”–headline, FoxNews.com, Sept. 3
  • “Scarlett Johansson Endorses Jewish New York Mayoral Candidate”–headline, Ha’aretz (Israel), Sept. 4
  • “UN Leader Ban Ki-moon Uses Visit to Remote Solomon Islands to Sound Alarm on Climate Change”–headline, Associated Press, Sept. 4

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