crash blossom: "accuses critics of blood libel"

[Michael Covarrubias]

"Sarah Palin accuses critics of 'blood libel'"

i first read this headline as claiming that palin had accused those people who were critical of her use of the phrase "blood libel."

tho my first reading would be a use of "accuse" with only one object, that i see, but not as often.

the article
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70B3W320110112

michael

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