"I've not made a decision." That was President Obama's very first answer in a Wednesday interview with "PBS NewsHour."

A day earlier, the Onion anticipated that comment in a story titled "Obama Weighing His Syria Option." It included this pretend quote from Denis McDonough, the White House chief of staff: "The president recognizes that the situation in Syria is extremely delicate and that the U.S. faces complex consequences regardless of what he chooses; that's why he's giving the one option...