To say that Ron Fournier is a unprofessional hack certainly isn't breaking news, but the latest offering from the Washington bureau chief of the Associated Press is truly craptacular:
In the polite, white-hot world of confirmation hearings, senators and witnesses can't always say what they want to say. So they speak in code. Here's a translation of what was said in the opening moments of the Sonia Sotomayor confirmation hearings, and what the players actually meant:
What an embarrassment the AP has become. Under the tutelage of Fournier, promoting an agenda is more important than reporting the news. And judging by his "translations," a pitiful effort that could have been ghost written by Rush Limbaugh, Fournier's agenda is clear.