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

NOTE: The following excerpt is from the BOTW archives of April 14, 2009:

Bottom Stories of the Day

  • “Details Emerge on Theft of Fish”–headline, Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.), April 14
  • “Small Cars Get Poor Marks in Collision Tests”–headline, Associated Press, April 14
  • “Report: U.N. Spent U.S. Funds on Shoddy Projects”–headline, USA Today, April 14
  • “Hanged Sudanese ‘May Be Innocent’ “–headline, BBC Web site, April 14
  • “Michael Jackson Auction Features Off-the-Wall Items”–headline, Los Angeles Times, April 14

For more “Best of the Web” click here and look for the “Best of the Web Today” link in the middle column below “Today’s Columnists.