Juan Cole, for shame. This headline and story is as bad as the sort of things the NY Times did to Hillary over emails. The headline shouts the shocking news that Trump has praised al-Assad, and one only gets the qualifiers as to the unverifiability and strange sources by reading into the story. Many will only get the message of the headline.
As a headline, how about, "Dubious and Unverifiable Sources Claim Trump Praises Al-Assad?" Or how about just not running it?
Juan Cole, for shame. This headline and story is as bad as the sort of things the NY Times did to Hillary over emails. The headline shouts the shocking news that Trump has praised al-Assad, and one only gets the qualifiers as to the unverifiability and strange sources by reading into the story. Many will only get the message of the headline.
As a headline, how about, "Dubious and Unverifiable Sources Claim Trump Praises Al-Assad?" Or how about just not running it?