Left-handed praise

Eugene Volokh is a hero, but talk about your backhanded complements:

Thanks to WorldNetDaily for the link, but I've checked it myself.

So, do you normally not check links that are important to you? And if you do, do you always qualify them thusly? "Thanks to Instapundit for the link, but I've checked it myself." This is a slap at Farah. He may be a bit tabloidy, but then we all have our chinks, don't we? Credit him or don't, but don't insult him unless you're going to stand up and insult him directly and on the merits.