On Friday a federal judge struck down the policy that had frozen immigrant visas for 75 countries since January. Most big newsrooms grabbed the same headline kit: The Washington Post went with "Trump's visa ban on 75 countries struck down by federal judge." NPR: "Federal judge strikes down Trump visa ban targeting 75 countries." CNN: "Trump's 75-country immigrant visa ban struck down by judge." Al Jazeera, same shape. Trump's ban. Struck down. Done. * Then there's Fox News: "Federal judge blasts Rubio's 75-country visa freeze as 'Orwellian,' strikes down policy." * Read that again. Two quiet swaps in one headline. The ban became a "freeze." And Trump became Rubio. * Credit first, because it's real: Fox put the judge's actual insult in the headline. Judge Jeannette Vargas wrote that the government "engages in what is best described as an exercise in Orwellian logic," and Fox ran "Orwellian" up top instead of burying it. That's more than some outlets would do with a quote that spicy. * And look, "Rubio's" isn't invented. The 61-page opinion says the policy was issued "in excess of Secretary Rubio's statutory authority" — the State Department signed the directive, so legally speaking, it's his baby. If Fox has simply become the newsroom of rigorous org-chart precision, fine. * Except we checked what Fox called this exact policy back in February, when the lawsuit was filed. Fox's own headline, February 2: "Trump admin hit with federal lawsuit over immigrant visa ban affecting 75 countries worldwide." Trump admin. Ban. Fox's words, not ours. * So here's the policy's custody arrangement, as documented by one newsroom: when it got sued, it belonged to the Trump administration. When it got struck down, it belonged to Marco Rubio. The policy didn't change between February and Friday. The scoreboard did. * The "freeze" downgrade is doing its own little job too. A ban is a wall somebody built. A freeze is weather — it just happens, and eventually it thaws. Vargas didn't wait for a thaw: she vacated the policy and every visa refusal based solely on it, and told the government to redo those cases. Judges don't strike down weather. * Every newsroom decides who owns a policy the day it wins and the day it loses. The tell is when those are two different people.