This afternoon, a bizarre Washington Times "Communities" article was deleted  by the conservative-tilting newspaper after it alleged that Rep. Anthony Weiner may have converted from Judaism to Islam to marry Huma Abedin as part of a secret socialist political agenda. Got that? In effect, the screed by neoconservative Eliana Benador combines suspicion about Muslims with Weinergate allegations and an added dash of George Soros for good measure.

The paper's Communities web section exists in a gray-area between editorial articles and reader comments (just as offshoot Fox Nation seems to exist primarily to circulate the more incendiary viewpoints of Fox News). Every page bears a legend at the bottom: "Contributors are responsible for this content, which is not edited by The Washington Times." When Salon's Justin Elliott asked the Times about the article's disappearance, a spokesperson remarked that it was "under review."