Le Réel N'a Pas de Patrie
Matt Yglesias notes a conspicuous case of fact-based reporting:
[T]he AFP tries a revolutionary experiment in writing their story in such a way as to make readers better informed about the issue at hand rather than more familiar with the president's propaganda. Here's the lede:
US President George W. Bush charged Monday that Iran has openly declared that it seeks nuclear weapons -- an inaccurate accusation at a time of sharp tensions between Washington and Tehran.
Oh, my! Imagine the world we might live in if this were the standard way to open a newspaper story about the president making a false or misleading claim.
Unfortunately, imagining appears to be what we're stuck with.
Anyway, commenter Dr. Wu suggests a salutary modification:
US President and lying sack of shit George W. Bush charged Monday that...
(Via Brad DeLong.)
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