Not Crooks

The editor of a small Israeli newspaper, furious over several government bills that had recently been passed, printed a scathing editorial with an enormous headline:

"HALF OF THE MEMBERS OF THE KNESSET ARE CROOKS."

Many of the Knesset members were outraged and exerted pressure on the editor to print a retraction. He finally gave in to the pressure and ran his apology with the headline:

"HALF OF THE MEMBERS OF THE KNESSET ARE NOT CROOKS."