SPIN OF THE WEEK AWARD

The Times of India wins this week's "superlative spin" award, for their article "US blows up Brooklyn plot on Gen's arrival," which links the weird Iyman Faris case to an "embarrassment" that the Pakistani leader General Musharraf is now supposed to feel upon his arrival in the U.S. What is amazing about the article is that the ToI interviews no one about the "embarrassment" that Pakistani officials are supposed to feel -- there's no mention of any criticism of Pakistan on the part of U.S. officials (who as far as I know have not linked this case to criticism of Musharraf), and not a word from anyone who has red cheeks herself. And this is the story that ToI gives the most prominent play today on its website (next to a coquettish picture of Elizabeth Hurley).

MORE: OK, I spoke too soon. Dawn claims that "Pakistani diplomats" are worried about the case because it could lead to pressure from Washington. Sorry, ToI!