新聞下標真的是一門學問。
看看這些標題，請問大家：
白宮承認的「錯誤」，是指「推文放上台灣國旗」？還是指「刪除台灣國旗推文」？
看聯合報，感覺是前者。
看自由時報，感覺是後者，標題讀起來是小編不小心誤刪台灣國旗推文。
中央社標題有點踩在兩者之間。
答案是什麼？
可以看白宮新聞稿原文。
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2021/07/08/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-july-8-2021/?fbclid=IwAR0uRafGhnU5salqhuEO3w6E4ZvhNrA14JUfYgDHo3Z51qIsPN0VoQhUh80
答案很清楚。
白宮發言人說的是，當時一開始放上台灣國旗是個無心之過（honest mistake），後來發現了錯誤，就把推文刪掉了。
意思是，白宮的政策，「不應該」放上台灣的國旗。
以這三家媒體來看，聯合報的標題最符合白宮原意。
但如果不看標題，其實點進去看文章，三家都有把白宮發言人的話寫出來（但完整程度不一）。
台灣的媒體編輯下標時真的是各顯神通，建議大家還是要盡量看原文。
原文在此：
Q Thank you. There are hurt feelings among government officials in Taipei after the White House COVID team posted and then deleted a tweet that had an image of Taiwan’s flag along those of other nations getting vaccine doses from the United States. Was this tweet a mistake in the first place? And if not, then why was the tweet deleted?
MS. PSAKI: So, this was an honest mistake that was made by the team handling graphics and social media, and should not in any way be viewed as a shift in official U.S. policy. When we recognized the mistake, we removed the tweet. So we did exactly as you said.
We remain committed to our One-China Policy based on the Taiwan Relations Act, the three joint communiqués, and the six assurances.
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