The Associated Press surprised and confused people this week when it cut critical details from a story on the Iran nuclear deal, and then reinserted them, and then deleted them again with no formal explanation.

A report dated Aug. 19 originally contained language suggesting the deal would allow Iran to run some of the inspections of its nuclear facilities using its own people, not staff from the International Atomic Energy Agency. The AP article caused an outpouring of anger directed at the Obama administration for supposedly agreeing to or allowing such a weak inspection regime.