Boy, this is embarrassing.

Breaking political news yesterday was that newly elected Kentucky Republican senator, Rand Paul, had already flip-flopped on the issue of earmarks. The Tea Party-backed candidate announced that suddenly he would fight to to make sure Kentucky received its fair share of earmark dollars and federal pork. This, despite the fact that banishing evil earmarks is (supposedly) a central tenet of the Tea Party movement.

With that in mind, behold the caption from a news article in today's Wall Street Journal [emphasis added]:

Newly elected Republican Rand Paul is opposed to earmarks, which circumvent the competitive federal funding system.

The article itself makes no mention that Tea Party favorite Paul just announced he'll fight for Kentucky earmarks.

Possible new motto for Murdoch's Journal? “Reporting last week's news.”