The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.
Who’s on First?
“Abbott Must Stick to Values: Costello”–headline, Sydney Morning Herald, Sept. 28
Bottom Stories of the Day
“Hollywood Stars, Execs Turn Out for Obama”–headline, Associated Press, Sept. 27
Don’t Believe Everything You Read in the Paper
KTVI, St. Louis’s Fox affiliate, reports on a hate-crime report in southern Illinois:
The Effingham Bomb Squad was called to [Central] City Illinois because of a bomb scare at an Islamic center. The used [sic] a water jet to open the box and found that the box only contained newspaper clippings. The clippings were full of anti-Islamic hate speech. The FBI is investigating.
Have you ever tried to read a newspaper that’s been rained on, much less one that’s been water-jetted on? And what newspaper is this that is “full of anti-Islamic hate speech”? This whole story strikes us as…unbelievable.
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