Prometheus 6

Here is the lead to the piece that appeared in USA Today:

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas convened the PLO's top decision-making body on Friday to map out a strategy after declaring that talks to form a more moderate government with ruling Hamas militants had collapsed.

Abbas has two options, both problematic for him — fire the Hamas-led government or hold a national referendum on whether to call early elections.

Recent polls have shown that Abbas' Fatah Party would not have enough support to oust the militantly anti-Israel Hamas in new balloting. But if he dismisses the Hamas Cabinet, the Hamas-dominated parliament would veto any new government he appoints, leading to a constitutional crisis that could force elections.

Here is what that lead might have looked like if it were actually written by fair, balanced and objective journalists who wanted to report on the news:

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas convened the PLO's top decision-making body on Friday to map out a strategy after declaring that talks to form a more moderate a coalition government with leaders of the ruling Hamas militants Party had collapsed.

Abbas has two options, both problematic for him — fire the democratically elected Hamas-led government or hold a national referendum on whether to call early elections in the hope of defeating Hamas at the polls.

Recent polls have shown that Abbas' minority Fatah Party would not have enough support among the Palestinian people to oust the militantly anti-Israel pro-Palestinian Hamas Party in new balloting. But if he dismisses the Hamas Cabinet, he would have to gain the approval of the Hamas-dominated led parliament before would veto any new government he appoints could take office.

If Abbas cannot persuade the Hamas majority to accept his appointees then new elections would have to be held. But if he dismisses the Hamas Cabinet, the Hamas-dominated parliament would veto any new government he appoints, leading to a constitutional crisis that could force elections.

You gon' get my ass arrested, you keep telling on 'em like that...

I know I can get you out of jail.  What I don't know is what, if anything, I can do when folks start accusing you of running an anti-Semitic website.

You could give them my address.

BTW, I forgot to line out that last sentence in the previous post.