[alexander_busek]

My fault for not including that paragraph. I was trying to save space on FR storage devices.

So you're saying that your headline should have been expanded to read:

Dershowitz took exception to Mueller having said that they would have said so if they had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime with this statement in his piece, “Dershowitz: Shame on Robert Mueller for exceeding his role.”

I think that your copy-editor might have come up with a clearer, more-concise, FR storage-device-saving headline, e.g.:

Dershowitz takes exception to Mueller's lying, weasely statement

That hits the nail on the head, doesn't it?

Regards,

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

So you're saying that your headline should have been expanded...

No. My article excerpt should have included the Mueller statement to which Dersh was referring.

I think that your copy-editor might have come up with a clearer, more-concise, FR storage-device-saving headline, e.g.: Dershowitz takes exception to Mueller's lying, weasely statement

That might be better. But of course we as FR posters are supposed to use the original title if it fits. Although I have been known to add the interjection "Barf" to some articles.