Few things are so unhelpful as the journalist who buries the lede.

There has been a lot of that lately, especially insofar as the Trump administration's immigration crackdown is concerned.

Take, for example, the case of the Georgetown University researcher arrested in Virginia last week over his alleged ties to terrorism. Badar Khan Suri reportedly spread Hamas propaganda online while having “close connections to a known or suspected terrorist, who is a senior advisor to Hamas,” according to the Department of Homeland Security.

This is pretty serious stuff, which is why the coverage has been so maddening. In most reports, the allegations against Suri are buried so deep as to be next to the dinosaur bones.

“Trump is seeking to deport another academic who is legally in the country, lawsuit says,” reported Politico on March 19. The subhead adds, “Badar Khan Suri, a fellow at Georgetown, says he is being punished because of the suspected views of his wife, a U.S. citizen with Palestinian heritage.”

The Associated Press ran the same story, but with the headline, “Government cannot deport Georgetown scholar until court rules, judge orders.” The subhead........

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