How to interpret Washington Times headlines

How do we know America may finally be on the right track in the '10s?

Because the far-right Washington Times ran an unsigned editorial today blaring, "America hasn't been this weak since the Carter years."

Funny. I was only in grade school when Jimmy Carter was President, but almost everyone I know agrees on one thing: The Carter era was better for America than any later period.

The article also calls Honduran President Manuel Zelaya a "failed dictator" even though he was democratically elected.

Now I know how to interpret the Timesies' headlines and editorials, methinks: Just substitute every adjective and most nouns with their antonyms.

This underscores just how propagandistic the Washington Times is. They think they can revise the world and nobody will notice.

The rest of the editorial tells of made-up events and other nonstories. Among the latter is the faux outrage over President Obama's conference call with Benjamin Netanyahu in which he propped his feet on his desk. That photograph ignited the contrived wrath of right-wing pundits, but the Times continuing to make an issue of the photo shows just how out of step the paper is.

Why is all of this important? It shows us how to understand the pop-up media. If the giants of right-wing propaganda such as the Washington Times say something, you can usually assume the opposite is true.